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Competitive and Complementary Tools
Arxiv.org·July 20, 2026
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Humans have historically used external tools to augment their thinking, from ancient counting devices to modern large language models. The relationship between users, AI tools, and tasks forms a dynamic system where maintaining competence and managing reliance on the tool are crucial trade-offs.
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Humans have always externalized thought onto tools, from the tally and the abacus to the map and, now, large language models. I model the agent, the tool, and the task as one dynamical system in which competence (what the user retains) and reliance (what the …
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