08/08/2026
AI can help busy brains. It can also send them into a spiral.
Harvard Business Review recently highlighted a phenomenon researchers are calling âAI brain fryâ â mental fatigue caused by using, reviewing or managing more AI output than your brain can comfortably process.
And itâs easy to see how it happens.
One task becomes 10. Each answer opens another direction before the first one is finished. Thereâs always another angle, version or tweak to chase.
AI makes it dangerously easy to keep going long after the work is actually done.More options. More second-guessing. Less chance for your brain to switch off.
Your brain needs support, not infinite output.
Send this to the person who is outsourcing WAY too much of their brain and work.