>> Moreover, participants perceived it to be more effort to constantly steer AI responses (48/319), which incurs additional Synthetic thinking effort due to the

>> Moreover, participants perceived it to be more effort to constantly steer AI responses (48/319), which incurs additional Synthetic thinking effort due to the cost of developing explicit steering prompts. For example, P110 tried to use Copilot to learn a subject more deeply, but realised: “its answers are prone to several [diversions] along the way. I need to constantly make sure the AI is following along the correct ‘thought process’, as inconsistencies evolve and amplify as I keep interacting with the AI. While much is made of the 'diminished skill for independent problem-solving' caused by over-reliance, is there a more salient KPI than some iteration of this 'Synthetic Thinking Effort' by which to baseline and optimise the cost/benefit of AI usage versus traditional cognition?