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Generative AI threatens journalism's role in memory creation, study finds

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A new academic paper argues that generative AI poses a significant threat to journalism by undermining the role of journalists as creators of human memory. The authors suggest that AI's increasing seizure of human agency in memory production and its use of news as 'infrastructure food' represent a critical tipping point for the soul of journalism. AI

IMPACT Generative AI's increasing role in content creation could fundamentally alter the landscape of journalism and its societal function.

RANK_REASON The cluster contains an academic paper discussing the impact of AI on journalism. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=0.4]

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Generative AI threatens journalism's role in memory creation, study finds

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    🖥️ 🖥️ We are an input, now. Generative AI and the death of the journalist as human memory-maker "We are at a tipping point in the battle over journalism’s soul

    🖥️ 🖥️ We are an input, now. Generative AI and the death of the journalist as human memory-maker "We are at a tipping point in the battle over journalism’s soul in AI’s seizure of human agency in the making of memory, and in how the production of news becomes infrastructure food."…

    LINKS cambridge.org/…/79D05F78FEA2AD65FBCABA0FB…

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