We are exposed to a much narrower range of knowledge through AI chatbots than through a basic web search. This is documented by a new study led by the University of Copenhagen. As more and more of us turn to AI chatbots for information, researchers warn that the risk of ‘knowledge collapse’ increases.
Do you think Terrance Tao (who’s been sanguine on AI) and all the other top mathematicians on the planet succinctly explaining how LRMs are going to decimate our understanding of mathematics are marketing something?
You’re an ignoramus whose tiny dregs of insight can survive virtually cataclysm. I’m not so sure about humanity’s larger domain of shared knowledge.