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This is everything I wish someone had told me about study with AI, from the cognitive benefits and risks, to the environmental concerns and ethical tensions. This video is fact-checked and verified by The Big AI Project, Global Student Forum at the Good Future Foundation, a UK Charity supporting sustainable AI Adoption in schools. Sign your school up for FREE AI ethics curriculum. Training for headteachers here: https://bigeducation.org/events/ The Good Future Foundation: https://www.goodfuture.foundation/ I hope this video gives you more nuance to be mindful about your use of AI. What tasks are you using it for? Why? How can you prevent cognitive offloading by struggling through a problem yourself first? How can you sit with the ethical tensions involved in AI to come to a conclusion that feels right for you? 00:00 How Students Are Using AI Now: Does it work? 1:34 Your opinion on AI is valid 3:15 Cognitive Offloading: Don’t Use AI Too Much Or it Makes you Dumber! 4:31 Science Proves AI Use Makes You Remember Less 6:01 Cognitive Risk: Accepting Misinformation 6:30 Only This Prevents Cognitive Risks (Information Literacy!) 7:03 Cognitive Benefits: How to use AI to make you smarter 8:08 Environmental Ethics of using AI: Water & Energy Usage 11:31 Quiz: Which uses more energy? 12:08 Should we be supporting AI companies? Power and Billionaires 13:54 Creativity: Can AI Actually help you be Creative? 14:59 Employability: You Need AI Proficiency for the World of Work 15:55 Equity: Digital and Gender Divide in AI Use 17:28 The holistic picture! Should you use AI as a student? Some of the infinite sources in this video: - BBC Bitesize AI sustainability comparisons: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zs97cxs - Ahmed S, Rasul ME. Examining the association between social media fatigue, cognitive ability, narcissism and misinformation sharing: cross-national evidence from eight countries. Sci Rep. 2023 Sep 18;13(1):15416. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-42614-z. PMID: 37723265; PMCID: PMC10507063. - Kosmyna, N., Hauptmann, E., Yuan, Y. T., Situ, J., Liao, X., Beresnitzky, A. V., Braunstein, I., & Maes, P. (2025). Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task. ArXiv.org. https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2506.08872 - Risko, E. F., & Gilbert, S. J. (2016). Cognitive offloading. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 20(9), 676–688. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2016.07.002 - Ahmed, S., & Rasul, M. E. (2022). Social media news use and misinformation: The moderating role of information literacy. New Media & Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448221142517 - UNESCO. (2019). I'd blush if I could: Closing gender divides in digital skills through education. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. - Kulionas, V. (2025, September 22). Chicken, beef or vegetables: Assessing the real environmental impact of AI. Top1000Funds. - Syal, R. (2025, January 3). Musk accused of 'politicising' r*pe of young girls in UK to attack Starmer. The Guardian. - Mayer, J. (2025, October 9). Money in politics roundup — October 2025. Brennan Center for Justice. - Gupta, K. (2024). Stop acting like AI uses a lot of water. Medium. - Mfrashad. (2026, February 27). Is AI why our water is running out? — Research & sources. - UK Government. (2025, August 13). Water use in AI and data centres: Executive summary. GOV.UK. - The Sustainable Agency. (2026, January 15). Environmental impact of generative AI | Stats & facts for 2026. - WiredScore. (2024). Gen AI in Higher Education: The student perspective. 🎙️ Listen to my podcast! https://open.spotify.com/show/6UmhvnfoDWAz6aUx3Rp3gC or on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwOYJkNIBTSQb5C8v1E_OBA?sttick=0 📚 Buy my book: http://unbouncepages.com/the-only-study-guide-youll-ever-need/ 💐 All my favourite products: https://kit.co/unjadedjade 🦋 Follow me on Instagram (I post a lot more here!): https://www.instagram.com/unjadedjade/ ✨ CONTACT ME ✨ Business Enquiries: unjadedjade@sixteenth.com Instagram - @unjadedjade TikTok: @unjadedjade 🌞 MORE 🌞 Casual Magic of the Day: crying my eyes out to a song that a friend sent me Song of the Day: Oom sha la la by haley henderickx Currently Reading: The Art of Gathering What are YOU grateful for today? FAQ: How old are you? ~ 25 Where are you from? ~ The UK! Near London. Where do you live now? ~ Brighton 🌊 Where did you go to university? ~ Minerva Schools at KGI What did you study? ~ Cognitive Science 🧠 One of the best decisions you ever made? ~ Taking a gap year! if no one has told you today, you are enough. 💛