<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>The Friction Principle | Signals &amp; Systems</title><description>How intentional cognitive friction in AI systems can preserve and enhance human intellectual capacity while maximizing artificial intelligence benefits. A framework for human-AI collaboration that promotes learning, creativity, and critical thinking.</description><link>https://signalsandsystems.jellwrites.com/</link><language>en-us</language><item><title>The Friction Principle: Why AI Needs Moments of Resistance</title><link>https://signalsandsystems.jellwrites.com/tfp/00-introduction-friction-principle/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://signalsandsystems.jellwrites.com/tfp/00-introduction-friction-principle/</guid><description>Introducing a framework for human-AI collaboration that preserves cognitive growth through intentional friction. When convenience becomes the enemy of cognition, how do we design AI systems that make us smarter, better and kinder, not just faster?</description><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Cognitive Cost of Convenience: When AI Makes Us Dumber</title><link>https://signalsandsystems.jellwrites.com/tfp/01-cognitive-cost-convenience/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://signalsandsystems.jellwrites.com/tfp/01-cognitive-cost-convenience/</guid><description>A deep dive into the mounting research evidence that AI over-reliance is quietly eroding our critical thinking abilities, memory, and problem-solving skills. The automation complacency effect isn&apos;t coming: it&apos;s already here.</description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>