arxivcs.HCcs.CY2026-07-02
Doom Researching: A Conceptual Framework for Repetitive AI-Assisted Information Seeking, Cognitive Offloading, and the Illusion of Knowing
Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) systems such as ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini have made information seeking faster, more conversational, and more cognitively comfortable. These affordances can support learning and productivity, but they can also encourage a repetitive pa…