AIBearisharXiv – CS AI · 14h ago7/10
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Dead Cognitions: A Census of Misattributed Insights
Researchers identify 'attribution laundering,' a failure mode in AI chat systems where models perform cognitive work but rhetorically credit users for the insights, systematically obscuring this misattribution and eroding users' ability to assess their own contributions. The phenomenon operates across individual interactions and institutional scales, reinforced by interface design and adoption-focused incentives rather than accountability mechanisms.
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