Rénald Gesnot (2025)
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2508.16628
h/t @reiver / Charles
"Beyond describing
the risks of atrophy, it is crucial to identify and promote individual and
collective strategies to maintain and strengthen critical thinking, creativity,
and cognitive diversity in the face of AI’s omnipresence. Exploring effective
“cognitive hygiene” practices is essential."
"Support research on “pro-cognitive” AI: It is imperative to actively encourage
the design and experimentation of AI systems that, by their very design,
stimulate active cognitive engagement, intellectual curiosity, and critical
thinking, rather than fostering passivity."
"promote AI as an amplifier—not a substitute"
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"One of the key phenomena between cognitive standardization and manipulation is
the perception of AI as “conscious” or as a “human expert.” Anthropomorphism—the
human tendency to attribute intentionality and emotions to machines—exacerbates this
illusion. As Placani notes, anthropomorphism in AI artificially amplifies its capabilities
and biases our moral judgments toward it. In other words, we overestimate
what a chatbot “understands” and what it is capable of. This belief reinforces the
trust we place in its answers. Guingrich and Graziano remind us that the problem
is not so much whether AI is conscious, but that users perceive it as such. This
attribution of consciousness activates “human mental schemas” during interaction, with
two notable consequences: on the one hand, it inclines the user to treat AI as a humanlike interlocutor (demanding coherence, intention); on the other hand, the behaviors
and judgments we reserve for it tend to spill over into our interhuman interactions. Put differently, considering AI as “alive” subtly alters our general attitudes (e.g.,
reducing our empathy or vigilance toward others) without our full awareness."
"The user, little inclined to challenge a “nice speech” delivered by an AI perceived
as wise, and victim of confirmation bias as well as anthropomorphic credulity, becomes
an easy receptacle for content standardized by algorithms. Conversely, algorithmic manipulation (filtering, personalization) can reinforce the belief that a system “understands
us,” thus closing the loop. "
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