Prompt Processes Instead of Thought Processes. AI and Critical Thinking
Our thought processes are turning into prompt processes right before our eyes: the question "how do we solve this" becomes "what do we ask", and the middle part of the work, where a person understood the problem and formed their own hypothesis, drops out. Recruitment, where I increasingly cannot tell a candidate from a chat, is merely the place where it shows most clearly. I go through eight studies on what this swap does to our confidence, competence and the skill premium, and where the edge comes from when a solid average is available with a subscription.