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offloading-contrast
Assertion
Shaw and Nave distinguish cognitive surrender, an uncritical abdication of reasoning, from cognitive offloading, a strategic delegation of a task to a tool that aids one's own reasoning; they also distinguish it from automation bias, which concerns specific errors rather than a broader disposition of epistemic dependence.
Quote
Whereas cognitive offloading is a strategic delegation of deliberation, using a tool to aid one's own reasoning, cognitive surrender is an uncritical abdication of reasoning itself. [...] Whereas automation bias focuses on specific errors of omission or commission in response to automated tools, cognitive surrender describes a broader disposition of epistemic dependence.
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en
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section: Cognitive Surrender: A Behavioral-Epistemic Shift in Human–AI Reasoning
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