🧠 Want the full breakdown — plus five practical strategies to stay mentally sharp while using AI?
Read the full article here (with studies, analogies & no hype):
👉 martinpoliacik.substack.com/p/chatgpt-and-your-brain-cutting-through

🧩 Try this: take any AI-panic headline and replace “ChatGPT” with “Bible.”
→ “The Bible may be eroding critical thinking.”
Sounds ridiculous, right? Because it’s not the tool. It’s the approach.
Same with AI. The output reflects your mindset.

✈️ So don’t stigmatise the co-pilot — learn to fly with it.
The problem isn’t AI, it’s mental autopilot.
Use ChatGPT like a sparring partner:
• Ask follow-ups
• Verify answers
• Reflect aloud
Prompting isn’t magic. It’s structured thinking in disguise.

📚 Now compare that with a 2025 meta-analysis of 51 studies.
When ChatGPT was used as a tutor, coach, or partner — especially with structure (like Bloom’s taxonomy) — students showed:
✅ Better learning
✅ More engagement
✅ Improved critical thinking

🧠 The MIT team warns of “cognitive debt” — mental shortcuts that save time upfront but weaken memory, creativity, and learning.
But:
• Only 54 students
• 20-minute writing task
• Passive AI use only
So is it ChatGPT’s fault — or how it was used?

Ďakujem pekne a som rád, že s Vám rozhovor páčil.

By envisioning and nurturing these forums for open dialogue, leaders like Róbert and Samir ensure that, as the world grows more complex and interconnected, we still have places to collectively confront our greatest challenges and shape a better future for all.

As these are not challenges facing only individual countries or multilateral organizations; they are challenges for all of humankind.

And within, whether we like it or not, there are issues—such as AI alignment, nuclear arms control, and climate change management—for which we will need formal and informal dialogues, even with those we consider competitors or enemies.

Both of these gentlemen have created spaces where (among other places) the age of transactional politics and a multipolar geopolitical landscape will take shape.

This year, Raisina Dialogue, organized by Observer Research Foundation, will host speakers and guests from all around the world for the 10th time. Samir Saran, the President of ORF, together with his team, has managed to make the Raisina Dialogue the most prominent geopolitical conference in India.

Almost 20 years ago, Róbert Vass dreamed about a place where the world’s top leaders and opinion-makers would meet and share ideas that would shape the future. Since then, the GLOBSEC Forum has become the largest security-oriented forum in the CEE region, with partners and branches around the globe.

Please count me in.

Áno presne, Záhadu rozumu sme v Poriadku v hlave citovali niekoľkokrát. Nie je to ľahké čítanie, ale pre mňa bolo mimoriadne obohacujúce.

The liberal candidate, Elena Lasconi, will most probably make it to the second round with him. This will create interesting dynamics for the parliamentary elections and for the second round in two weeks time as well.

"Protect me and together with Victor Orban I will be your spear right in the heart of Europe. To divide and break it."

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Joining the "Autocracy Inc." club can help Robert Fico and his allies stay out of prison and protect their financial assets in the network of hidden accounts and anonymous off-shore companies run by Russian, Chinese and other autocratic actors. He wants to make a very simple deal.

With his government being politically unstable, facing criticism at home & in the EU, aligning with autocrats could shield Fico. Financial backing, propaganda tools, or even diplomatic support from regimes like Russia or China could help him consolidate power while avoiding accountability.

As @anneapplebaum.bsky.social describes in “Autocracy Inc.,” dictators help each other survive with “regime survival packages.” These can include financial aid, propaganda campaigns, or even military support to crush dissent. It’s a club where mutual loyalty ensures power. Fico needs this package.