How to tell whether AI is helping your career or ruining it (We're back!)

<p>Hand the same AI tool to two people and one gets sharper while the other quietly gets worse. </p><p>A Harvard study found recruiters given near-perfect AI made worse calls than those given a mediocre one, because the good tool worked so well they stopped checking it.</p><p>The question of whether AI is making us dumber turns out to have an answer: it depends entirely on which parts of your job you hand over. </p><p>In this episode of In The Loop, I&#39;m working through the research on AI deskilling - the recruiter study, Terence Tao working with a pen and paper, the difference between performance and competence and a simple rule for what to give AI and what to guard. </p><p>⏭️ Episode highlights</p><p>(00:45) – The same tool, opposite outcomes</p><p>(02:10) – The recruiters who fell asleep at the wheel</p><p>(04:00) – Terence Tao: wider, not deeper</p><p>(05:30) – Firehose vs editor</p><p>(07:10) – Performance vs competence</p><p>(08:50) – The rule: protect your core, rent the rest</p><p>(10:40) – Cognitive surrender: wrong 80% of the time</p><p>(12:30) – The checks to run before you reach for AI</p><p><br></p><p>Episode transcript with more resources on the Mindset AI blog</p><p>If you enjoyed this episode, rate, follow, and share. It helps others stay ahead of the latest AI trends.</p><p>🤝 We&#39;re social</p><p>Stay in the loop, even when you&#39;re not listening to this podcast.</p><p>Jack Houghton</p><ul><li>LinkedIn - <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-houghton1/">https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-houghton1/</a></li><li>TikTok - @jackschats</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Mindset AI</p><ul><li>Mindset AI website - <a href="https://bit.ly/40lJr6B">https://bit.ly/40lJr6B</a></li><li>Newsletter - <a href="https://bit.ly/ITLnewsletter">https://bit.ly/ITLnewsletter</a></li><li>LinkedIn - <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/mindset-ai/">https://www.linkedin.com/company/mindset-ai/</a></li><li>YouTube - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@GetMindsetAI">https://www.youtube.com/@GetMindsetAI</a></li><li>TikTok - @get.mindset.ai</li></ul>