The Tragedy of the Cognitive Commons: How AI Pollutes the Information Ecosystem
jmintz · hn · 2026-08-10
This paper applies the 'Tragedy of the Commons' theory to the AI era, exploring how content mass-produced by generative AI pollutes the internet's 'Cognitive Commons.' The proliferation of low-quality, fake, or repetitive AI-generated information increases the cost of acquiring real knowledge, potentially leading to the degradation of the overall information ecosystem.
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