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amnesia gremlin

A manifestation of the minds psychological desire to forget.
My amnesia gremlin makes studying for mid-terms hard.
by NIHILISM GURU November 7, 2023
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Content Amnesia

When you are writing, drawing, or otherwise creating content with the assumption that it's 100% original, only to later realize or find out that you were copying previously made content
I realized I was suffering from content amnesia when I got halfway through writing my story, only to realize I was writing The Matrix
by Grasshopper Man December 8, 2020
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Parental amnesia

Missing out on tasks and duties because parental duties take precedence.

The polite way of using your child as an excuse.

Most common in parents of children aged 5 and under.
Sorry couldn’t call you last night, freaking parental amnesia doesn’t let me keep track of things.
by Ashfaq Qayuum Hayat March 7, 2022
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Confirmative amnesia

A disease where by the person you send money to does not call you back to confirm whether they received it
I helped Bayo with $200, but I have not heard from him since then because of his confirmative amnesia.
by The Malachi June 4, 2024
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Intergenerational Amnesia

The tendency of new generations of people to forget about past historical events due to said events not happening in their lifetime and no longer existing in living memory.

Intergenerational amnesia is the reason human beings fail to learn from history and repeat the same mistakes over and over again.
Olivia doesnt know who Hitler was? She's got a serious case of intergenerational amnesia!
by The Osseophile February 18, 2021
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Smith-Sauer AI Amnesia Effect

A cognitive bias wherein individuals, after identifying clear errors or limitations in AI-generated content within their own area of expertise, nevertheless continue to place undue confidence in the same AI’s output on topics outside their expertise. This phenomenon reflects a selective skepticism: the observed unreliability of AI is compartmentalized rather than generalized, leading to inconsistent trust in the technology.
Jared, a software engineer, noticed that the AI couldn’t correctly format a for-loop in Python. Ten minutes later, he trusted it to draft a legally binding employment contract. Classic Smith-Sauer AI Amnesia Effect.
by Geoff Carr April 24, 2025
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