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AI features prominently in the government platform, just as two American professors have stirred debate with a red warning triangle: the social bonds that uphold the rule of law, higher education, journalism, and democracy itself are in the process of being severed.

Professors warn that »AI systems are a death sentence for civic institutions«

It is called 'cognitive offloading' when we hand over independent, critical thinking to AI. And 'cognitive debt' is the cost: our ability to think deeply and remember erodes. Foto: Mette Dreyer/POLITIKEN
It is called 'cognitive offloading' when we hand over independent, critical thinking to AI. And 'cognitive debt' is the cost: our ability to think deeply and remember erodes. Foto: Mette Dreyer/POLITIKEN
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When Berlingske publishes an article with fictitious professors and made-up quotes, it is only the first crack in the foundation.

When Danish authorities are flooded with long, well-written — and factually wrong — complaints from citizens, it is just the tip of the iceberg.

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