80% Follow Wrong AI Advice: Cognitive Surrender, Claude Computer Use, and the $2.2B Consulting Lie
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80% Follow Wrong AI Advice: Cognitive Surrender, Claude Computer Use, and the $2.2B Consulting Lie

Hi, I'm Connor with Honor - message me here! Wharton researchers published the largest study of its kind on human-AI interaction. 1,300 people. Nearly 10,000 trials. The finding: 80% of people follow wrong AI advice, not because the AI was incorrect, but because they stopped checking. They call it cognitive surrender, the moment you stop evaluating AI output and start treating it as your own thought. The study introduces Tri-System Theory where AI (System 3) replaces deliberate reasoning (Sys...

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