Artificial cognition (AI)

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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  • Maybe not ArchaeC, I think AI could very easily put us into a child state of mind, it seems to know everything and have an answer to everything, much like a parent or teacher to a small child, and I suspect the emotional rewards we get from inappropriate Ai use are similar, this leaves us very vulnerable and less able to connect with our adult selves and question it.

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