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Cognitive load is what matters

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1455 points nromiun | 3 comments | 30 Aug 25 12:58 UTC | HN request time: 0.619s | source
1. delichon ◴[30 Aug 25 14:06 UTC] No.45074812[source]▶
The AI version of this is the degradation when the context window gets too large. The fix is the same too, summarize and reset.
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2. ashwinsundar ◴[30 Aug 25 14:32 UTC] No.45075014[source]▶
AI does not have a cognitive load problem in remotely the same way people do. People can chunk and re-chunk info based on their skill and experience, but even the best AI just knows one thing - token length
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3. ijk ◴[30 Aug 25 15:10 UTC] No.45075331[source]▶
Given the way attention works, it seems to me that AI has an even more concrete instantiation of cognitive load.