A point of clarification on infohazard terminology
LessWrong, February 2, 2020
Abstract
Information hazards, or any kind of information that could be harmful in some manner, have been discussed and characterized by several researchers, including Bostrom in 2011. This work further delineates the different types of information hazards and proposes introducing the term “cognitohazard” to refer to the information that may harm the person who knows it, which is a narrower definition compared to Bostrom’s broader concept of information hazard. The author proposes distinguishing the two concepts to prevent confusion in discussions about information hazards. – AI-generated abstract.
