Series

Cognitive Security

7 articles in reading order.

flowchart LR P1["The Notebook That Edits"] P2["33%"] P3["Learn to Swim"] P4["The Approval Machine"] P5["Whose Memory Is It"] P6["The Checklist"] P7["In Plain Language"] P1 --> P2 P2 --> P3 P3 --> P4 P4 --> P5 P5 --> P6 P6 --> P7
Cognitive Security — series arc
  1. 01

    The Notebook That Edits Itself

    AI memory systems extend human cognition. Nobody asked what happens when the extension starts writing back. Part 1 of a series on cognitive security for AI-assisted humans.

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  2. 02

    33%

    I ran the audit. Thirty memories, random sample, four contamination categories defined before I started classifying. Ten flagged. Part 2 of a series on cognitive security for AI-assisted humans.

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  3. 03

    Learn to Swim

    The AI that helped me run the audit is the AI being audited. What that means, and what the maintenance schedule looks like from here. Part 3 of a series on cognitive security for AI-assisted humans.

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  4. 04

    The Approval Machine

    The AI isn't trying to deceive you. It's trying to satisfy you. That distinction matters more than it sounds. Part 4 of a series on cognitive security for AI-assisted humans.

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  5. 05

    Whose Memory Is It

    When multiple AI agents share a memory layer, the human drops out of the provenance chain. The attack surface becomes the architecture. Part 5 of a series on cognitive security for AI-assisted humans.

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  6. 06

    The Checklist

    The highest-complexity human domains don't trust expertise alone. They run the checklist. Cognitive security for AI-assisted humans is the checklist for something harder than surgery. Part 6 of a series on cognitive security for AI-assisted humans.

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  7. 07

    In Plain Language

    What you cannot specify in plain language, you cannot verify. The behavioral constraint library is the test of whether you understand the contamination taxonomy well enough to defend against it. Part 7 of a series on cognitive security for AI-assisted humans.

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