P. Mahajan

Ethical and sustainable AI mediation: a generational socio-technical framework of silent cognitive erosion and cognitive sustainability

An integrated conceptual and heuristic framework centred on Silent Cognitive Erosion and Cognitive Sustainability is developed, arguing that the future of AI governance depends not only on the capabilities of intelligent systems, but also on the capacity of societies to sustain the cognitive, informational, educational, institutional, and governance conditions necessary for meaningful human participation and adaptive oversight across generations.