Relying solely on AI for information intake alters knowledge retention and source engagement.

Evidence

What happens when you let artificial intelligence curate 100 percent of your information intake for a year? Will you become smarter or more ignorant? And who’s really in control when AI controls what you know? — Joanna Stern, I Am Not a Robot- My Year Using AI to…, 417

Categorization

• QUESTION: This raises key questions about our reliance on AI for information and its effects.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Joanna Stern, I Am Not a Robot- My Year Using AI to…, 417
• XREF: connects to: Using AI for information discovery diminishes regular engagement with primary sources. — Joanna Stern, I Am Not a Robot- My Year Using AI to…, 426; The absence of citational practice in AI undermines recognition of original creators’ contributions. — Emily M. Bender, Alex Hanna, The AI Con- How to Fight Big Tech’s…, 295; Constant information overload structurally undermines the capacity for independent thought — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels: The Quest for Absolute…, 453 (+4 more)

Library Connections

• Access systems interfere with users’ information navigational skills. #corroborates (0.85) — Emily M. Bender, Alex Hanna, The AI Con- How to Fight Big Tech’s…, 455

Broader Connections

• The absence of citational practice in AI undermines recognition of original creators’ contributions. #expands (0.80) — Emily M. Bender, Alex Hanna, The AI Con- How to Fight Big Tech’s…, 295
• Constant information overload structurally undermines the capacity for independent thought #corroborates (0.75) — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels, 453