"The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Human Thought"
A big 132 page report.
AI is shifting real thinking work onto external systems, which boosts convenience but can weaken the effort that builds understanding and judgment,
A pattern the paper frames through cognitive offloading and cognitive load theory, and then tracks into social effects like standardized language and biased information flows, and manipulation tactics that target human psychology.
It says use AI to cut noise and routine steps, keep humans doing the heavy mental lifting, and add controls because personalization, deepfakes, and opaque models can steer choices at scale.
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