I've been wondering…
What contribution should AI make to human intelligence?
Most conversations about AI focus on what it can do. We are more interested in what it should contribute. When intelligence is amplified rather than replaced, what changes about the way people think, decide and learn?
Current thinking
Where our thinking is now
Our current thinking is that AI is most valuable when it strengthens human judgement rather than substitutes for it. We suspect the best contribution is to reduce cognitive load, hold context over time and invite better questions — not to hand people answers.
This is provisional. Ideas here are expected to evolve.
Research
What's influencing this Wonder
- The Extended Mind — Annie Murphy Paulbook
- Herbert Simon on bounded rationalitypaper
Amplify Yourself
How this is influencing what we build
This Wonder shapes how we design every companion. It is why we build for dialogue rather than delivery, and why we resist features that would quietly remove the person from their own decision.
Conversation
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