SEMINAR SERIES
Management Seminar
Ian Mizuki（PhD (ABD) candidate in Human Resources Management, York University Canada）
- Date&Time:
- 2026.6.1 (Mon.) 16:45-18:15
- Venue:
- Lecture Room 2, 3rd Floor, Research Bldg.2, Yoshida Campus, Kyoto University
- Language:
- English
- Contact:
- Yutaka Yamauchi
(Title) ： ”AI Told Me Not to Think: How Machines Are Rewriting Human Judgment”
Seminar Abstract:
The new risk of AI in knowledge work is not only that machines make mistakes, but that they make human judgment look unnecessary. A dismissal memo, performance review, investigation summary, or policy recommendation can now arrive polished, coherent, and institutionally credible before a human has fully exercised judgment over it. The danger is not simply error. It is that fluent machine output can acquire the appearance of competence, making oversight feel less necessary. This seminar examines this problem through Perceived Cognitive Dominance (PCD), the belief that AI is more accurate, objective, or efficient than the human for a focal task. Drawing on Resource-Rational Analysis and the Expected Value of Control, I argue that when AI appears cognitively superior, workers may rationally conserve attention by reducing metacognitive monitoring and verification. These effects are shaped by metacognitive resource capacity and accountability salience, with implications for short-term skill atrophy over repeated use. This paper asks when AI assistance becomes cognitive offloading, when offloading becomes overreliance, and what is lost when professional judgment is replaced by the prestige of polished output
Biography:
Ian Mizuki is a Visiting Scholar at the Graduate School of Management, Kyoto University, and a PhD (ABD) candidate in Human Resources Management at York University. His research examines how artificial intelligence reshapes human judgment, oversight, and decision-making in knowledge work, with a focus on human–AI collaboration, algorithmic governance, and the future of work. Before his doctoral studies, Ian worked at Fortune 10 and startup environments, leading initiatives in human resources, employee engagement, and corporate social responsibility, and received formal leadership training at Amazon. He completed pedagogical training at the University of Toronto and has held teaching appointments & contributed to teaching across Rotman, other University of Toronto management and interdisciplinary départements, York University, and postgraduate HR programs at George Brown Polytechnic. Outside of work, Ian is an avid backpacker who has traveled to more than 30 countries and enjoys learning how people live, work, and make sense of the life in different places.
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