Bangladesh, July 10 -- In the modern age, artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing how we live, work, and think – sometimes in ways we dont fully understand or anticipate. In newsrooms, classrooms, boardrooms, and even bedrooms, tools like ChatGPT and other large language models (LLMs) are rapidly becoming standard companions for generating text, conducting research, summarizing content, and assisting in communication. But as we embrace these tools for convenience and productivity, there is growing concern among educators, journalists, editors, and cognitive scientists that we are trading long-term intellectual development for short-term efficiency.

As a news editor, one of the most distressing observations has been the norm...