Researcher warns AI being right is the bigger danger: we may lose the ability to tell truth from falsehood
ValerioCapraro · x · 2026-11-08
Researcher Valerio Capraro engages in a debate over the concept of "Epistemia" (epistemic dependence on AI). A critic dismisses it as a boring slogan — "AI makes errors, so what?"
Capraro counters that the danger is actually worse when the machine is correct: when AI is frequently right, people may surrender their judgment, and in the long term lose the ability to distinguish truth from falsehood. A notable viewpoint clash on AI's cognitive impact on humans.
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