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How to ThinkIn the Age of AI
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Use computational breadth-processing to identify candidates…

Use computational breadth-processing to identify candidates for human depth-processing rather than delegating the slow observation itself.

Why This Is a Principle

Derives from Directed Attention as Depletable Resource (attention as finite resource), Attention as Gate to Conscious Perception (attention is capacity-limited), and Working Memory Capacity Limit (working memory limits). The AI-human division of labor section demonstrates this. It prescribes a design for human-AI collaboration that follows from cognitive constraints.