Thinking Fast, Slow, and Artificial: SSRN Paper on AI Reshaping Human Reasoning Patterns

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A new SSRN preprint applies Kahneman's dual-process framework to examine how AI tools are restructuring the cognitive division of labor between fast intuitive and slow deliberate reasoning in knowledge workers. The paper argues AI offloads specific deliberate reasoning tasks in ways that may reshape professional judgment and atrophy analytical skill over time. 153 HN points with 83 comments shows practitioners are actively debating whether AI augments or erodes deep thinking.