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October 19, 2025Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology

The Wicked Problem of AI: Information Avoidance, Uncomfortable Knowledge, and ChatGPT in Scholarly Communication

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HMHeather Lea MoulaisonHTHeather Thach

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This paper examines generative AI's impact on scholarly communication, highlighting information avoidance and uncomfortable knowledge.

Key Points

  • Generative AI poses a wicked problem, affecting how knowledge is produced and consumed in academia.
  • Information avoidance hinders scholars from engaging with conflicting views, impacting scholarly discourse.
  • This analysis uncovers gaps in information science regarding generative AI and its integration into research frameworks.
  • By connecting uncomfortable knowledge with human information behavior, this work offers new insights into scholarly practices.

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Moulaison et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68f43f03854d1061a58ac58fhttps://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.1334
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