This Is Your Brain With Dr. Phil Stieg
Sep 18, 2026 · 28 min · 12 segments
Every time AI answers for you, part of your brain may switch off. Theoretical neuroscientist Dr. Vivienne Ming explains why, including a striking claim about GPS…
Vivienne MingGuest
Phil StiegHost
It turns out if you really know how to do things, you can do it better with AI.
Whereas if you're a young kid, really you're just asking the AI to do it for you.
From Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City, this is Your Brain with Dr. Phil Stieg.
Internationally renowned scientist and educator, Dr. Stieg is Professor of Neurological Surgery at New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center.
This week, Dr. Stieg and his guest explore the question, is AI making us dumber?
Today, it is AI companions, technologies that hand us expert answers to almost any question and leaves us feeling smarter and more accomplished.
My guest today argues in her new book that while AI may be a useful tool, it may also be making us dumber.
Dr. Vivian Ming is a theoretical neuroscientist who has spent nearly 30 years in the field of machine learning and artificial intelligence.
Today, we are going to talk about what happens in the brain when we hand our thinking over to a machine.
We will ask what any of us can do to build a brain that can thrive in the age of artificial intelligence.
I don't usually get to get messy and detailed about brains with most of my audiences, so this will be a blast.
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It turns out if you really know how to do things, you can do it better with AI.
Whereas if you're a young kid, really you're just asking the AI to do it for you.
From Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City, this is Your Brain with Dr. Phil Stieg.
Internationally renowned scientist and educator, Dr. Stieg is Professor of Neurological Surgery at New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center.
This week, Dr. Stieg and his guest explore the question, is AI making us dumber?
Today, it is AI companions, technologies that hand us expert answers to almost any question and leaves us feeling smarter and more accomplished.
My guest today argues in her new book that while AI may be a useful tool, it may also be making us dumber.
Dr. Vivian Ming is a theoretical neuroscientist who has spent nearly 30 years in the field of machine learning and artificial intelligence.
Today, we are going to talk about what happens in the brain when we hand our thinking over to a machine.
We will ask what any of us can do to build a brain that can thrive in the age of artificial intelligence.
I don't usually get to get messy and detailed about brains with most of my audiences, so this will be a blast.
