Home Emerging Tech News Cornell researchers built an AI tool that checks your decisions against your own values. Karla Hernandez / Unsplash If you have ever stared at a long list of options and felt your brain just give up, you are not alone. Researchers at Cornell University get it, and they have built a tool called Interactive Explainable Ranking (IER) that steps in right at that moment, not to decide for you, but to quietly point out when your choices do not match the values you care about. How does this tool actually work? IER doesn’t hand over decisions to AI but uses it to make sure your decisions actually make sense. Think of it like a reality check for your own thinking. Research suggests AI can erode your problem-solving skills in as little as ten minutes , but this one is designed to keep you in control. Suppose you are trying to pick a car. You tell the tool which factors matter most to you, things like cost, reliability, and fuel efficiency.…