School of Thought

Episode 9: Tim Requarth on writing with AI (part 2)


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I continue my conversation with Tim Requarth--neuroscientist, science writer, and professor at NYU--on using AI to communicate effectively on complex topics.

In the second of our two-episode conversation, Tim shares his thoughts on AI hallucination, mentoring your chatbot, how to offload cognitive work while avoiding brain rot, and other practical advice.

Links:

"Your Brain on ChatGPT" (MIT study, preprint)

More on the MIT study

And David Epstein's take on the MIT study, from his Substack "Range Widely"

Agentic AI explainers from McKinsey and IBM

"⁠⁠From Bench to Bot⁠⁠," Tim's three-year exploration in using AI tools in writing.

The Third Hemisphere, his Substack.

Tim's ⁠website⁠, where you can find his science journalism.

His ⁠LinkedIn page⁠.


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