cognitive offloading
/ˌkɒɡnɪtɪv ˈɒfloʊdɪŋ/
delegating mental tasks to AI to free human cognitive resources
cognitive offloading in a sentence
“Cognitive offloading of routine summarization let analysts focus on strategic thinking.”
Origin of cognitive offloading
Latin cognoscere to learn + off + load
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