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I found this article interesting and thought I would share it:

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/04/research-finds-ai-users-scarily-willing-to-surrender-their-cognition-to-llms/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-gb

'In “Thinking—Fast, Slow, and Artificial: How AI is Reshaping Human Reasoning and the Rise of Cognitive Surrender,” researchers from the University of Pennsylvania sought to build on existing scholarship that outlines two broad categories of decision-making: one shaped by “fast, intuitive, and affective processing” (System 1); and one shaped by “slow, deliberative, and analytical reasoning” (System 2). The onset of AI systems, the researchers argue, has created a new, third category of “artificial cognition” in which decisions are driven by “external, automated, data-driven reasoning originating from algorithmic systems rather than the human mind.”'

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  • Thank you very much for posting this. I've downloaded the paper, and will give it a read over the weekend, and probably have a chat with Claude about it as well Slight smile I'm a fan of the original Thinking Fast and Slow book, so looking forward to digging into this. 

    Could I in turn share https://youtu.be/pO0WZsN8Oiw?si=-vol4vIpyoDa6bVW with you - it effectively asks the question as to whether human cognition is really computational in nature, or is that just a useful simplification - and hence, could AGI ever really be a thing? Personally, found this to be really enjoyable. 

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  • Thank you very much for posting this. I've downloaded the paper, and will give it a read over the weekend, and probably have a chat with Claude about it as well Slight smile I'm a fan of the original Thinking Fast and Slow book, so looking forward to digging into this. 

    Could I in turn share https://youtu.be/pO0WZsN8Oiw?si=-vol4vIpyoDa6bVW with you - it effectively asks the question as to whether human cognition is really computational in nature, or is that just a useful simplification - and hence, could AGI ever really be a thing? Personally, found this to be really enjoyable. 

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