aiqbench analysis
This essay explores the risks of cognitive offloading to AI automation, arguing that reliance on such systems creates hidden organizational vulnerabilities akin to the "ironies of automation" described by Lisanne Bainbridge. The piece highlights a critical safety concern regarding how human competence degrades when not actively maintained alongside advanced AI integration.
Competence Has a Maintenance Requirement
We keep assuming people can take control back. That assumption has a maintenance requirement. In this essay, I'm posing the argument / question that as we cognitively offload to AI automation we are generating significant and silent organizational exposure to failure. Based upon the 1983 article in Automatica entitled "Ironies of Automation" by Lisanne Bainbridge, who is foundational to the topic. If you're interested: https://yotko.substack.com/p/competence-has-a-maintenance-requirement?r=2ohlz1 Discuss
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