🩶6. Augmenting Cognitive Abilities with GenAI

“The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions.” — Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

Using GenAI will be like working together with an alien brain that never tires, never gets stuck, and never takes a day off. It’s not here to replace you but to push your thinking into overdrive.

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🧠 What’s Coming:

• What Does “Cognitive” Mean? A quick explanation that all of us can understand.
• GenAI and the Alien Brain: Understand why AI will transform your cognitive abilities. This includes four ways GenAI will level up your thinking.

Cognitive… What?

Let’s break down this fancy word “cognitive.” It’s basically about everything going on in your brain when you think, reason, remember where you left your keys, learn new things, solve problems, or decide whether to eat another slice of pizza or start that diet on Monday.

Want some examples?

• 🚦Decision-Making: This is pretty straightforward — deciding between options like yes or no, left or right, and then hoping it wasn’t the wrong choice.
• 🎯Attention: Think of it like this: you’re at a party, lost in thought…