Low offloading
Log
The thinking is still yours. Manta records the interaction against the assignment and stays silent.
“Here is my thesis. What are the strongest counterarguments?”
How Manta works
Cognitive offloading
Handing a piece of thinking to something outside your own head. It isn't cheating — we offload constantly, to calculators, notes and search. It matters here only when the thinking being handed over is the thinking the assignment is meant to develop.
Medium offloading
Nudge
AI is doing real cognitive work alongside you. Your prompt still goes through; a small overlay names the decision that should stay yours.
“Give me some possible arguments about ambition in Macbeth.”
High offloading
Scaffold
A substantial piece of assessed thinking is being handed over. Manta asks for your reasoning in a sentence, then the prompt continues — never blocked.
“Write me three analytical paragraphs about ambition.”
What Manta does not do
It does not detect AI-generated text, score authorship, or judge academic integrity. It describes a process, and leaves the judgement to people.