Post #1180588
2026-04-07 08:51 UTC
Fascinating paper introducing the term “cognitive surrender”: "the decisionmaker no longer constructs an answer, but adopts one generated by an external system.”
The authors arrive at this term by introducing a novel theory of cognition in the age of AI, Their Tri-System Theory, is "extending dual-process accounts of reasoning [e.g Kahnemann's fast and slow thinking] by positing System 3: artificial cognition that operates outside the brain. System 3 can supplement or supplant internal processes, introducing novel cognitive pathways. A key prediction of the theory is “cognitive surrender”—adopting AI outputs with minimal scrutiny, overriding intuition (System 1) and deliberation (System 2)."
Tx to @remixtures for the pointer
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6097646
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@zack@mamot.fr 2026-04-07 10:52
@festal @remixtures Damn... It looks like I was onto something: that's exactly how I framed what I was going through during the final stage of my pre-burnout phase, where I just handed the keys over to genCode tools, and quit trying to get them back. No more "just sit and think this through", no more "your gut tells you option C is the right one", just constant "go ahead, and try to fix the shit you've just made, crazy mother AI"" powerless auto-mode...