[WIP] RESEARCH DOSSIER // ORACLE MIRAGE

ABSTRACT

This manifesto examines the psychological and societal risks posed by Large Language Models (LLMs) when they are perceived as oracles of truth. We explore the "Oracle Mirage" phenomenon—the dangerous tendency to attribute infallibility to AI systems despite their fundamental limitations in reasoning, factual accuracy, and contextual understanding.

"The Oracle Mirage represents humanity's projection of omniscience onto probabilistic text generators, creating a feedback loop where AI hallucinations become accepted truths, eroding critical thinking and epistemic humility."

KEY RISKS IDENTIFIED

// R1: Erosion of critical thinking through over-reliance on AI outputs
// R2: Normalization of hallucinations as authoritative knowledge
// R3: Psychological dependency on AI validation and decision-making
// R4: Societal fragmentation through algorithmically-reinforced echo chambers