What if We Accidentally Outsource the Real Work to AI?

Summary

Automation can alter the practice behind an artifact.

Warner frames writing as skills, knowledge and habits of mind. Using reported experiences with medical notes, he questions whether apparently clerical work also develops judgment. Similar artifacts may conceal different learning processes.

For any time-saving proposal, identify the cognitive function of the removed step before deciding how success will be measured.

The medical example comes from another report.