II · D12 · 12.1
Skill atrophy in navigation
GPS dependence generalized to reasoning.
Serious · 3Widely observedNowRisk 12
Severity
3/5
Likelihood
4/5
In the hierarchy
- Part II: Societal & Human Concerns
- D12. Human–Computer Interaction Harms
- 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.
- 01Whose experience of Skill atrophy in navigation is not yet in the room — and how would we hear it?
- 02What is already being done about this, and by whom — and how would we find out without assuming?
- 03What conversation have we not yet had about this — and who needs to be in it?
- 04Who is served by addressing this, and who benefits if we leave it unnamed?
Also on this branch
Frameworks and sources
- NIST AI 600-1 Generative AI Profileframework
Writing and incidents
Open indexes first. Then, if you wish, ask Grok to search the live web for this concern — one request, cached for the rest of this session.
What happens between a person and a system: overreliance, loneliness, lost judgement.