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Co-Cognition Map

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Human cognition and artificial intelligence do not exist in isolation. Across every domain of thought — from creative writing to mathematical proof, from ethical reasoning to pattern recognition — human minds and LLMs engage in an intricate, ever-shifting dance. The Co-Cognition Map is Co-Cognition Lab's answer to a deceptively simple question: What does the full landscape of human-AI cognitive collaboration actually look like?

What Is the Co-Cognition Map?

The Co-Cognition Map (Project 2) is a cross-disciplinary domain taxonomy designed to systematically chart the terrain where human cognition and LLM capabilities converge, diverge, and complement one another. Building on the theoretical foundations laid by Project 1 — our work on LLM Intuition and the Complementarity Map — this project transforms abstract insight into a practical, navigable framework.

Unlike existing taxonomies that treat AI capabilities or cognitive tasks in isolation, the Co-Cognition Map is built from the ground up to capture interaction dynamics: how human intuition and LLM processing trade off, reinforce, and sometimes interfere with each other across different types of problems.

The Taxonomy Framework

At the heart of the Co-Cognition Map lies a multi-dimensional classification system. Each cognitive domain is evaluated along carefully designed scoring dimensions that capture:

  • Complementarity potential — Where do human and AI strengths combine to exceed either alone?
  • Autonomy risk — In which domains does heavy LLM use risk constitutive degradation of human capability?
  • Collaboration readiness — How mature are the interfaces for genuine co-cognition in this space?
  • Intuitive load — How heavily does the domain rely on the kinds of fast, non-verbal cognition that our LLM Intuition research has mapped?

This scoring system enables a nuanced view: not simply "AI can or cannot do this," but rather "what kind of partnership is possible here, and what are the conditions for making it fruitful?"

Current Progress

Status: Taxonomy framework v0.2 complete, external feedback received, domain annotation not yet started.

Expected: June–July 2026 (after framework finalization)