Cognitive surrender: what we lose when AI thinks first | Toju Duke

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Toju Duke has worked in AI long before the hype. In this episode of Human x Intelligent, she explains why so many of us handed our judgment to AI without asking how it works, and how to take it back.

We talk about automation bias, dependency and cognitive surrender; why she never goes to AI first, how to fact-check without drowning in it and what she calls AI-inflicted burnout. Her answer to the closing question: be more kind.

About Toju: named one of the top leaders in AI, Toju is a speaker, author and advisor with 20 years of experience across advertising, retail, not-for-profit and tech. She spent 10 years at Google, the last three leading Responsible AI work on early frontier models. She founded Diverse AI, wrote "Building Responsible AI Algorithms" and "Responsible AI in Practice", leads the career guidance working group at EU Women in Digital and sits on the Council of International Schools' task force for emerging technologies.

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  • https://www.amazon.com/Responsible-AI-Practice-Practical-Guide-ebook/dp/B0DV2ZXXPD
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