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AI slop and the destruction of knowledge

2025-08-13 17:34:54.436043+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

Iris Van Rooij: AI slop and the destruction of knowledge. In particular, it looks at how Science Direct's AI generated definition for "Domain-General Cognitive Ability" doesn't match how cognitive scientists use that term.

Troubled by my observations, I decided to post here on Bluesky. Check out the full thread and the quote-posts, and you can see I found more such troubling AI-generated ‘definitions’, even embedded via hyperlinks in scientific articles on ScienceDirect.

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[ related topics: Psychology, Psychiatry and Personality Robotics Embedded Devices Artificial Intelligence ]

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