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Table of technical terms

Terms introduced in the playbook

Term Explanation Also used in



Cognitive offloading Handing mental work to something outside your head. It is useful when knowledge is in place, and damaging when it is still forming. 1.4
Deskilling The slow erosion of professional exptertise when a tool absorbs the work through which that expertise is maintained. 1.4
Guardrails Limits built into a system so that it supports thinking instead of replacing it. 1.4, 1.5
Knowledge-action gap The measured distance between knowing about AI and teaching differently because of it. 1.4, 1.5
Schema Person's organised knowledge 1.4