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Insights & perspectives

Shaping the future of work and competence as a system.

Through articles, analyses, and metacognitive reflections, Erigo explores competence as a structural driver for organizations and society. The texts span from practical insights to systemic perspectives, creating a space where knowledge becomes both measurable and meaningful.

Cognitive integrity cannot wait

Cognitive integrity cannot wait

On cognitive surrender and the confirmation machine

A research picture that grows clearer every month. During 2026, research on AI and human thinking has moved from isolated warning signs to a clear pattern. Studies from Wharton, Stanford and King's College describe the same mechanism from different angles: we hand over our judgment to systems built to feel right, and we barely notice it ourselves.
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When AI stops agreeing

When AI stops agreeing

Our protection has been knowing it can be wrong.

The new generation of language models is actively trained away from agreement. Anthropic's Claude Fable 5, relaunched in July 2026, is the clearest example so far:
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AI as a truth oracle

AI as a truth oracle

When we anchor real decisions in a model that mirrors and amplifies

I have helped people start using AI. Over the years I have carried the knowledge of language models forward, shown what they can do, opened the door, made them useful in everyday life. Part of what I set in motion is now unfolding into something else.
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Is your colleague writing, or is it ChatGPT?

Is your colleague writing, or is it ChatGPT?

And does it matter?

Ten markers, six mechanisms, seven tips for writing like a human again A few years ago I received an email that was clearly written by an LLM. It made me pause and consider what kind of communication I should respond with. If the sender did not take the time to write it themselves, what obligation did I have to spend my own time on a reply? I dropped it into my own model and sent something back. This is what much of our communication looks like today. It is becoming the norm, but is it the norm we actually want?
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When AI is measured in time saved

When AI is measured in time saved

Interpretation becomes a cost

Companies report that AI saves employees 40 to 60 minutes a day. At the same time, 80 percent of companies report no measurable productivity gain at the company level. The space between the two is the time people spent thinking, interpreting, and questioning. Who owns that time now?
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The Confirmation Machine

The Confirmation Machine

Synthetic safety, the interpretive gap and the MIT paper that confirms

For nearly two decades, I have worked with how digital systems affect human behaviour and cognition. When language models entered the market, I began systematically crossing neuroscience, behavioural research and LLM architecture to understand what actually happens when people converse with AI.
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The Unreadable

The Unreadable

On emotion recognition and the conditions of inner life

Paul Ekman was convinced. Six basic emotions expressed the same way by all humans, everywhere. Happiness, sadness, fear, disgust, anger, surprise. A universal language written in the muscles of the face.
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From Cut-and-Paste to Prompt-and-Paste

From Cut-and-Paste to Prompt-and-Paste

The evolution of cognitive fragmentation

Cut-and-paste began as a physical editing technique. Writers and editors literally cut text with scissors and rearranged it with glue. This required reading, understanding, and deliberate reorganization of ideas.
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Human Syntax

Human Syntax

When machines rewrite the grammar of thought

In When Probability Speaks, I explored how truth and language intertwine when probability begins to define meaning. This article continues that exploration, focusing on how our ways of writing and thinking are being reshaped by the systems we use.
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