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Account of the Computational Cognitive Science Lab at Donders Institute, Radboud University
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Perhaps counterintuitive but guardrails are full-blown cognition in the case of models that contain data from the web which obviously also contains inappropriate content. Only human cognition at that point can sort this data into appropriate for a child or not.

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Don’t believe the hype: AGI is far from inevitable | Radboud University
Will AI soon surpass the human brain? If you ask employees at OpenAI, Google DeepMind and other large tech companies, it is inevitable. However, researchers at Radboud University and other institutes ...
www.ru.nl
November 17, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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We have a name for that:
Critical Washing
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"Critical washing" is "encouraging AI use while being 'aware of the risks'".

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November 18, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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November 18, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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Oh duh how could I forget to reference. Read the whole thing, it's excellent.

Guest, O. et al (2025). Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia. Zenodo. doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia
Under the banner of progress, products have been uncritically adopted or even imposed on users — in past centuries with tobacco and combustion engines, and in the 21st with social media. For these col...
doi.org
November 9, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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Thanks @marentierra.bsky.social !
It is so important to emphasise this. I am constantly arguing with my colleagues who do not seem to understand this point while happily writing books on AI and education. They have an "idealised middle ground" view on this issue, which is deeply infuriating.
November 14, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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thank you! also if you need a short article, this with @irisvanrooij.bsky.social is prob best for the admin people/non academic faculty:

AI Is Hollowing Out Higher Education. www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...
AI Is Hollowing Out Higher Education
Olivia Guest & Iris van Rooij urge teachers and scholars to reject tools that commodify learning, deskill students, and promote illiteracy.
www.project-syndicate.org
November 14, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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This might help if they are in psychology bsky.app/profile/oliv...
New preprint 🌟 Psychology is core to cognitive science, and so it is vital we preserve it from harmful frames. @irisvanrooij.bsky.social & I use our psych and computer science expertise to analyse and craft:

Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. doi.org/10.31234/osf...

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November 14, 2025 at 4:16 PM