"In medicine, activities of daily living or ADLs are among the most reliable indicators of a patient's functional health. These aren't exotic skills, they're the baseline to living our lives. When they start to deteriorate, clinicians will pay attention, because the erosion of ADLs can be a slippery slope."
"AI has moved well past novelty. It manages so many of our cognitive tasks that we almost forget that engagement. The small, repeated acts of cognition are being outsourced. Performance improves in the moment, but remove the system, and the underlying capacity doesn't always return."
"Just as ADLs measure physical independence, ADTs can be a tool to support cognitive independence. They are the routine mental acts that, taken together, constitute a functioning autonomous mind. When those acts get outsourced often enough, the language of thought remains, but the cost of arriving there disappears."
Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) indicate physical independence, while Activities of Daily Thinking (ADTs) measure cognitive independence. AI's management of cognitive tasks can lead to a decline in independent thinking. Although efficiency improves, the underlying capacity for thought may diminish when these tasks are outsourced. ADTs serve as a framework to maintain cognitive autonomy, emphasizing the importance of engaging in routine mental acts to preserve the ability to think independently.
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