Cognitive Biases & Decision-Making

Every decision you make is shaped by mental shortcuts - heuristics that your brain uses to cope with complexity. Most of the time, these shortcuts work well enough. But when AI enters the picture, they can create problems that neither the human nor the system is equipped to catch. AI doesn't neutralise your biases; in many cases, it amplifies them. If you're looking for evidence that confirms what you already believe, an AI tool will happily supply it. If you anchor on the first number you see, an AI-generated figure becomes an especially powerful anchor because it carries the weight of apparent computational authority. The interaction between human cognitive biases and AI systems is one of the least understood and most practically important areas in AI deployment. Decisions that feel more rigorous because an AI was involved may actually be worse - not because the AI is bad, but because the human biases shaping how its outputs are interpreted go unexamined. Understanding these dynamics isn't academic; it's essential for anyone relying on AI to support real decisions.