If AI is helping us to think and parse cognitive data, what is it amputating?
AI RESPONSE
AI externalizes:
- summarizing
- comparing sources
- extracting patterns
- holding many variables at once
As a result, humans do less:
- manual note-taking
- cross-referencing
- mental juggling of large datasets
The skill being amputated is not understanding, but manual integration.
Just like:
- print amputated oral memory
- search amputated recall
- GPS amputated wayfinding
You don’t need to practice this skill as much anymore.