The Cognitive Amplification Engine: Learning to Think Better

This book describes a way of thinking, not a tool.
It argues that artificial intelligence is not intelligent, that fluent output is not understanding, and that the real risk in human–machine interaction is not that machines will replace us—but that we will stop thinking clearly while using them. The central idea of the book is cognitive amplification: using tools to extend human reasoning while preserving human judgment, intent, and responsibility.
Methods like this, however, face a practical...