Steve Shaw

Steve Shaw appears in Are humans losing the ability to think for themselves? as a postdoctoral researcher and co-author of a Wharton School report on how people use AI in decisions. He introduces Cognitive Surrender as a pattern where users defer to AI answers, and Artificial Cognition as a “system three” layer added to fast and slow thinking.

Shaw’s position in the wiki is practical rather than anti-AI. He says he uses AI daily and allows students to use it, but he teaches them to think first, generate their own ideas, and then prompt. After doing the research, he sometimes goes offline or avoids AI so he can work through a task himself.

Connections

• Wharton School - research affiliation in the Marketplace Tech episode.
• Marketplace Tech and Stephanie Hughes - show and interviewer context.
• Cognitive Surrender - main concept Shaw explains.
• Artificial Cognition - “system three” frame Shaw uses for AI-mediated reasoning.
• ChatGPT - model used in the study design discussed in the episode.
• Human Judgment Under AI, First Draft Thinking, and AI Use Pacing - existing wiki concepts his advice extends.