In the hierarchy

1. Part II: Societal & Human Concerns
2. D12. Human–Computer Interaction Harms
3. 12.1 Overreliance & de-skilling

Virtues and principles to explore

Held as inquiry, not as a verdict.

• Dignity

  Center principle

  Every person is a protagonist, not a data point.

• Listening

  Trust

  Listen to understand, rather than listen to speak.

• Seeing potential

  Hope

  Ask what people could become with these tools, not whom they replace.

Starter questions

Written to probe curiosity and learning, not accusation.

1. 01What capacity would we need — in people, in the institution, in the tools — to meet this well?
2. 02What would Seeing potential require of us here, before we proceed?
3. 03What might we be missing if we treat “Skill atrophy in writing” only as a technical problem?
4. 04If a colleague raised this concern tomorrow, how would we receive it as inquiry rather than accusation?

Also on this branch

• Automation bias in clinical decisions20
• Automation bias in legal work15
• Skill atrophy in coding12
• Skill atrophy in navigation12
• Loss of mental-math and estimation12
• Loss of research literacy12

Frameworks and sources

• NIST AI 600-1 Generative AI Profileframework