AI slop and the destruction of knowledge
This week I was looking for info on what cognitive scientists mean when they speak of ‘domain-general’ cognition. I was curious, because the nuances are relevant for something I am researching at the moment. To my surprise and dismay, I hit upon this ScienceDirect page that ‘defined’ the concept as follows:
I thought, Huh?! This is definitely not how we — cognitive scientists — use that term. Then I saw the last sentence, “AI-generated definition”, and I realised what went wrong. This was AI slo...
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