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EN RU Dmitrii Borisenko

Expertise, or the feeling of it

The Dunning–Kruger effect, and the question of which direction AI actually pushes people.

The Dunning–Kruger curve: confidence against competence

Recently I was reminded of the Dunning–Kruger effect, and it made me think about the influence of AI.

Could AI push people in both directions at once? It can boost real expertise — you cover more ground, you get something to check yourself against. But it can just as easily create the illusion of expertise, where you know a little about everything and become overly confident in an understanding you never actually built.