Glossary
Automation bias
Giving automated advice undue weight, including accepting it when relevant evidence calls it into question.
In the book
A reason to keep examining what AI produces. The warning sign is the moment “the system says so” starts doing the work that evidence and judgement should be doing.
Introduced in chapter 2, “Check Your Seat”.
Related terms
- Epistemic vigilance: The processes and habits used to assess information and the trustworthiness of its source.
- Cognitive offloading: Moving part of a mental task onto an external aid, such as a notebook, calculator or AI assistant.