{"author":{"name":"Eduardo Di Santi","slug":"eduardo-di-santi","article_count":1,"latest_published_at":"2026-04-24T13:14:55.695+00:00","profile_url":"https://platform.waiboom.ai/authors/eduardo-di-santi","api_url":"https://platform.waiboom.ai/api/authors/eduardo-di-santi"},"articles":[{"slug":"cognitive-amplification-vs-cognitive-delegation-in-human-ai-systems-a-metric-fra","title":"Can AI Amplify Human Thinking or Only Replace It?","url":"https://platform.waiboom.ai/article/2026/04/24/cognitive-amplification-vs-cognitive-delegation-in-human-ai-systems-a-metric-fra","content_type":"research_summary","summary":"Researchers have developed a mathematical framework to distinguish between cognitive amplification, where AI enhances human decision-making while preserving expertise, and cognitive delegation, where humans progressively outsource reasoning to AI systems at the cost of long-term capability erosion. The framework introduces four metrics: the Cognitive Amplification Index measuring collaborative gain, the Dependency Ratio and Human Reliance Index quantifying AI dominance, and the Human Cognitive Drift Rate tracking changes in autonomous human performance over time. Agent-based simulations across multiple configurations found that no tested regime achieved genuine amplification, and even zero atrophy did not produce positive collaborative gain, suggesting current human-AI systems face structural tradeoffs between performance and human capability preservation.","published_at":"2026-04-24T13:14:55.695+00:00","updated_at":"2026-05-07T02:19:52.375108+00:00","source":{"url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.18677","name":"ArXiv (cs.AI)"},"featured_image":{"url":"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!n1Pg!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5c7f89aa-5800-4a9c-aec2-8326c4451b97_1536x1024.png","alt":null},"categories":[{"name":"Research","slug":"research"},{"name":"AI Safety & Alignment","slug":"ai-safety-alignment"},{"name":"AI Agents","slug":"ai-agents"}]}]}