India, July 21 -- AI chatbots have become the answer to almost everything. Can't draft an email? Ask AI. Need to understand a complex topic? Ask AI. Want meal plans, travel itineraries or even life advice? AI has you covered. The convenience is undeniable. But as artificial intelligence becomes increasingly woven into daily life, neurologists and psychiatrists are asking a different question this World Brain Day: What happens when we stop doing the thinking ourselves?

The concern isn't that AI will make people less intelligent overnight. Instead, experts say constantly outsourcing everyday mental tasks could slowly chip away at the cognitive effort that keeps memory, attention, reasoning and problem-solving sharp.

Their concerns echo fi...