AI RESEARCH
Proximal State Nudging: Reducing Skill Atrophy from AI Assistance
arXiv CS.LG
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ArXi:2605.20355v1 Announce Type: cross Skill atrophy, the gradual decline of human capability under AI assistance, poses a safety risk in shared-control of semi-autonomous systems, where operators may be unable to distinguish their own inputs from autonomous corrections. We propose Proximal State Nudging (PSN), a shared autonomy algorithm that jointly optimizes for skill development and task performance by nudging users toward states estimated to be most learnable.