The allure of AI as a 'human-AI partnership' is strong, but are we trading brainpower for convenience? Tech professionals are raising concerns about 'cognitive offloading' and 'deskilling,' citing studies like one from MIT Media Lab. This post explores the true price of AI assistance and offers actionable strategies to ensure AI elevates your thinking, rather than replacing it.
#AI #artificialintelligence #cognitiveoffloading
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At the (indirect; I saw her post1 about the IndieWeb Book Club) urging of Johanna, I read the first book of the Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency series by #DouglasAdams .
It's a great read if you love absurdity and a meandering writing style (I mean, that's just Douglas Adams for you). If you enjoyed the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, you'll enjoy this.
One thing that struck me was a surprisingly astute observation on cognitive offloading to technology in general, fitting LLMs in particular: Adams introduces the concept of Electric Monks which have the task of believing things so you don't have to bother believing them yourself. Which is all fun and games until you chose to offload things to them which you shouldn't believe but know--such as whether a vital repair was, in fact, successful. #CognitiveOffloading #AI #Books #Reading
https://dead.garden/blog/indieweb-book-club-dirk-gentlys-holistic-detective-agency.html ↩︎
Artificial Intelligence and the Changing Landscape of Human Thinking
Educational Psychology Perspectives on Emerging Schools of Thought Introduction The transition Artificial Intelligence has rapidly moved from being a technological curiosity to becoming an everyday intellectual companion for students, educators, and researchers. Writing assistance, automated summarisation, research discovery tools, and conversational AI systems are now integrated into the academic environment. This transformation has sparked intense debate among educational […]
"Shortening the kill chain” - quicker than “the speed of thought”
"The use of AI tools to enable attacks on Iran heralds a new era of bombing quicker than “the speed of thought”, experts have said, amid fears human decision-makers could be sidelined... Academics say AI is collapsing the time required for military decision-making. >>
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/03/iran-war-heralds-era-of-ai-powered-bombing-quicker-than-speed-of-thought
#technology #AI #ethics #KillChain #FullyAutonomousWeapons #algorithm #CognitiveOffLoading #speed #violence #DecisionMaking #HumanOversight
One of my biggest takeaways from "Smarter Than Us": the efficiency trap.
Cut humans out of the loop for speed, and we lose the skills we handed over. Armstrong saw this in 2014. I see it in how people use LLMs in 2026 — taking answers at face value without questioning them.
That's partly why I built an AI literacy framework for my own knowledge system.
https://www.ctnet.co.uk/key-takeaways-of-stuart-armstrong-smarter-than-us/
Stuart Armstrong's *Smarter Than Us* warned about AI risk back in 2014. I read it in 2025 and was struck by how much of what he predicted is now happening — from AI agents to the moral philosophy problem. Here are my key takeaways, merged with my own experiences of using AI in 2026.
Warum die KI uns das Schreiben nicht abnehmen darf
Mit der Veröffentlichung von ChatGPT wurde eine Tür aufgestossen, hinter der eine beinahe unwiderstehliche Versuchung lauert: die Delegation des mühsamen Denkprozesses an einen Algorithmus. Warum sich noch durch komplexe Satzkonstruktionen quälen, wenn die Maschine in Sekunden glatte Absätze liefert?
#schreibenmitki, #cognitiveOffloading, #deskilling, #kognitiveschulden, #lernenmitki, #kiimunterricht, #kikomeptenz
Wir reden viel darüber, was #KI kann. Aber kaum darüber, was wir besser nicht an sie abgeben. Immer mehr Menschen delegieren Formulierungen, Bewertungen oder Entscheidungen. Praktisch ist das oft, aber manches verändert unser Denken und die Fähigkeiten, die wir langfristig behalten.
In der neuen #DRANBLEIBEN Ausgabe geht es um Bewusstsein im Umgang mit KI. Und darum, was ausdrücklich bei uns Menschen bleiben sollte. Stichwort: #CognitiveOffloading und die Gefahren
https://theandrecramer.substack.com/p/dranbleiben-deep-dive-c50
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