3 papers
cs.HC2026
Faster AI, Uneven Frontier: Rapid Crossings, a Jagged Frontier, and the Repositioning of Human Judgment
Ancuta Margondai, Julie Rader, Emma Rader +2
Between 2023 and 2026, frontier AI systems crossed documented human expert baselines on a growing set of bounded, well-specified, evaluable cognitive tasks, including graduate-leve…
cs.HC2026
The Silent Cost of Artificial Intelligence Assistance: A Theory of Autonomy Surrender, the Recovery Mechanism, and the Restoration of Human Agency
Ancuta Margondai, Julie Rader, Emma Rader +2
The integration of artificial intelligence into human decision-making environments has introduced a previously undertheorized cost: the gradual surrender of human autonomy in excha…
cs.HC2026
The Transparency Paradox in Explainable AI: A Theory of Autonomy Depletion Through Cognitive Load
Ancuta Margondai, Mustapha Mouloua
Objective: This paper develops a theoretical framework explaining when and why AI explanations enhance versus impair human decision-making. Background: Transparency is advocated as…