AI Systematically Rewires the Flow of Ideas
Abstract
As an epistemic technology, AI exerts influence over the ideas of individuals and society by acting as producer, mediator, and receiver of information. It impacts our collective knowledge, beliefs, and morality. In this position paper, we argue that there are mechanisms of hidden influence in AI development pipelines, which, when amplified by societal dynamics, could lead to dangerous outcomes that we may reverse by early interventions. We detail those mechanisms, amplifiers, and potential consequences in this paper.
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He et al. "AI Systematically Rewires the Flow of Ideas." ICLR 2025 Workshops: Bi-Align, 2025.Markdown
[He et al. "AI Systematically Rewires the Flow of Ideas." ICLR 2025 Workshops: Bi-Align, 2025.](https://mlanthology.org/iclrw/2025/he2025iclrw-ai/)BibTeX
@inproceedings{he2025iclrw-ai,
title = {{AI Systematically Rewires the Flow of Ideas}},
author = {He, Zhonghao and Qiu, Tianyi and Lin, Tao and Glickman, Moshe and Kasirzadeh, Atoosa and Wihbey, John and Kleiman-Weiner, Max},
booktitle = {ICLR 2025 Workshops: Bi-Align},
year = {2025},
url = {https://mlanthology.org/iclrw/2025/he2025iclrw-ai/}
}