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Thinking: Fast, Slow, and Artificial. How AI is Reshaping Human Reasoning and the Rise of Cognitive Surrender

Shaw, Steven, and Gideon Nave · The Wharton School Research Paper / SSRN Working Paper · 2026

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This study gives the book its account of ‘cognitive surrender’: people following a confident AI answer even when it was wrong, and handing over more judgement than the tool had earned.

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Shaw, Steven D., and Gideon Nave. ‘Thinking—Fast, Slow, and Artificial: How AI is Reshaping Human Reasoning and the Rise of Cognitive Surrender.’ The Wharton School Research Paper / SSRN Working Paper, 2026. SSRN 6097646.