Principlev1
Form your own judgment before consulting AI systems, then
Form your own judgment before consulting AI systems, then compare rather than defer, because maintaining independent assessment as a non-negotiable baseline prevents automation complacency and preserves epistemic authority.
Why This Is a Principle
Derives from Humans exhibit automation complacency — reducing monitoring (automation complacency), You can design your own cognitive processes rather than (design your cognitive processes), and No external entity has more right to direct your thinking (self-authority over thinking). Prescribes sequence of cognitive operations. General principle for human-AI collaboration.