Abstract
In this article, we reflect on the dark side of generative artificial intelligence. We identify several concerns associated with generative artificial intelligence in relation to knowledge processing and developing understanding, including misalignment between the artificial intelligence’s intended and actual use, its rhetorical duplicity, risk of technical dependence, negative impact on creativity and contextual understanding, overall decreased knowledge quality, the production of ‘illusory truths’, artificial intelligence’s progressive encapsulation and its exponential proliferation. We call for reflection on its potential implications for management learning, as well as for learning more broadly.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 407-415 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Management Learning |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Early online date | 24 Jun 2025 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 31 Jul 2025 |
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Keywords
- generative artificial intelligence
- knowledge-sharing
- Learning
- non-dialogic learning
- single loop
- ‘Coherent nonsense’
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Decision Sciences
- Strategy and Management
- Management of Technology and Innovation