Sam Altman says cognitive atrophy is one of the most overlooked risks of the AI era

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says AI could cause "cognitive atrophy" if people let it think for them. Altman said people must keep "stretching" their brains as AI takes on more tasks. He also outlined a "pretty magical" future with personalized AI, but said human judgment will still matter. Sam Altman says one of AI's underappreciated risks is that people may let the technology do so much thinking for them that their own mental muscles begin to…