AI as the New Gatekeeper: Whose Knowledge the Model Was Built to See
The newest gatekeeper between learners and what they are trying to know is a model that fills silence with fluent invention. This episode names confabulation as a patterned harm — the model is most confident about exactly the knowledge traditions the written record under-represents — and asks what culturally responsive AI accountability, drawing on Ladson-Billings, Gay, Paris, and the CARE Principles, would actually require.
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AI as the New Gatekeeper: Whose Knowledge the Model Was Built to See
A model that fills a silence with itself has not answered. It has spoken over you.
| Series | Cultural Context of Knowledge |
| Recorded | May 6, 2026 |
| Runtime | 17:55 |
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“A model that fills a silence with itself has not answered. It has spoken over you.
Companion essay — AI as the New Gatekeeper: Whose Voice the Models Already Heard
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