Cognitive Surrender 🪴
Monday November 9
It has been interesting to be in a Yoga Teacher Training (YTT) while simultaneously spending so much of my work week having conversations around responsible adoption of agentic AI. It’s been honestly really great to be so connected to the foundations of cognitive science in both.
With YTT, I’m learning SO much about the utmost respect the practice has for the mind. I’m seeing more and more that so much of yoga is the science of the mind. So much is centered around all the different ways in which we can be healthy in our body, healthy in our relationships, manage our emotions, so that we can quiet the mind and connect with our inner wisdom, spirit, and the world.
On the other hand, like I mentioned in Mind Blend Cafe Opens Its “Doors” Yet Again!, there are many conversations I’ve been having are around having human in the loop. Even today, I talked about how the role of humans in the loop needs to be intelligently and thoughtfully designed rather than just seeing a human in the loop and checking it off for governance.
Because if there’s one thing I know and love about humans is that We. Are. Lazy (ahem - efficient).
Me and Gemini (formerly Notebook LLM) did some research on Cognitive Surrender. Quick notes for now.
- Outsourcing our cognitive facilities to AI
- Occurs when we transfer our thinking to AI without critical thinking. We end up adopting AI’s interpretation without reasoning.
How to address the risk of cognitive surrender? Cognitive Resiliency