Anthropic engineers warn: The more accurate AI is, the easier humans lose the ability to think independently, and the more dependent they become, the harder it is to stay alert

Anthropic Claude Code engineer Addy Osmani warns that reducing AI model output errors makes it harder for humans to stay alert, and may lead to losing independent thinking and verification ability due to reliance on AI, forming a 'cognitive surrender'. He proposes three usage levels: 'cognitive offloading', 'postponing judgment', and 'cognitive surrender', suggesting users form preliminary hypotheses before accepting AI results, actively seek rebuttal evidence, and require Agents to list autonomous decisions and hypotheses.