From autonomous agents to cognitive symbionts: toward AI-enhanced human intelligence
From Autonomous Agents to Cognitive Symbionts: Toward AI-Augmented Human Intelligence
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The authors propose the "cognitive symbiont" paradigm, arguing that in the Physical AI era, in addition to embodied robots, equal attention should be given to AI-enhanced human intelligence (AHI). A cognitive symbiont is a lifelong, embedded, real-time, private, low-friction, and proactive companion that bridges people's "cognitive gaps" through perception, retaining context across years, and proactive assistance. The authors also treat the governance of new risks such as covert assistance in exams and forcing everyone to adopt it as part of the paradigm.