Cognitive Resiliency 🪴

Saturday Nov 14

I’m thinking about this a lot as we see more and more integration of AI in so much of the work we do. The other day, there was a global Microsoft Outage including Copilot. It got me thinking about how much I use Copilot in the work I do as I prepare slides, update spreadsheets, or draft up documents.

It felt weird to not be able to use Copilot and it got me thinking. I’ve been thinking a lot about Cognitive Surrender.

Once we start to embed AI in everything we do, similar to say Microsoft offerings, then what is the impact when it is no longer available to us?

It’s almost like thinking about DR (disaster recovery) plans. How do we build resiliency when it comes to thought?

Some initial ideas 💡:

• Having dedicated time like a fire drill to mimic what were to happen in the case of an emergency
• Designing systems to promote critical thinking while using AI