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The tragedy of the cognitive commons: collective intelligence beyond AI-induced knowledge collapse

2026 · arXiv.org · Vol abs/2607.13272 · 0 citations · 24 references
Computer Science

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The paper concludes that the model’s value lies in identifying the tragedy of the cognitive commons, a credible negative externality, and sets out a research agenda for measuring effort elasticity and monitoring the commons.

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