This article examines the phenomenon of cognitive maladaptation in contemporary digital environments governed by algorithmic logic. The study analyzes the gradual decline of subjective autonomy and epistemic agency under the influence of AI-driven systems that externalize human cognitive functions. Drawing on psychoanalytic and cognitive frameworks—including the works of Freud, Klein, Turkle, Kahneman, Sunstein, and Zuboff—the author explores how transferential relations with algorithmic agents and the normalization of algorithmic mediation shape passive epistemologies and disrupt autonomous meaning-making. The concept of digital atrophy of subjectivity is introduced to describe the loss of symbolic resistance and critical position in a culture increasingly shaped by algorithmic decision-making. The article reflects on socio-cultural implications and outlines theoretical foundations for further interdisciplinary investigation of subjectivity in the digital age. This article elaborates on the theoretical framework introduced in the author’s previous work on algorithmic subjectivity (Zenodo DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15757945).