Quick facts
- Date and time: Wednesday, November 18, 2026, 6:00–7:00 p.m. CST (America/Chicago), also listed as 4:00 p.m. Pacific and 7:00 p.m. Eastern
- Where: Online, via Zoom. The public listing includes a Zoom link.
- Cost: Free
- Organizer: The Chicago School, under the Perspectives in Professional Psychology series, with a sign-off from the Office of Admissions
- Registration: On sale
- Official listing: Eventbrite listing
What it is
A one-hour conversation in which Dr. Lance Garrison welcomes Dr. Janina Kamm, Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology in Chicago. The topics listed are research on cognitive offloading (delegating mental tasks to external tools), concerns about overreliance, evidence that structured offloading can support recall, and deskilling in medicine. The hosts say they will separate research findings from more speculative questions about convenience and skill.
This is a discussion, not a technical workshop. The admissions-office sign-off suggests it also functions as a school-facing event.
Who it's for
Students, clinicians, and general listeners interested in psychology and AI, not engineers looking for memory-architecture patterns.
Worth it if / Skip it if
- Worth it if a free, named, hour-long academic conversation on offloading is what you want.
- Skip it if you wanted engineering content, or you would rather not join an event that also appears to serve as a recruitment touchpoint.
Verdict
Worth it for a short psychology discussion; skip if you want tools. The guest and the research framing are specified clearly enough to decide in a few minutes.
Source: Eventbrite, “Is Outsourcing Our Minds: AI, Memory, and the Future of Thinking Worth Attending? (Online, November 18, 2026)”
