Infohazardとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Blend of information +‎ hazard or info +‎ hazard. Analogous to biohazard and possibly modeled after it.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈɪnfəʊˌhæzəd/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈɪnfoʊˌhæzɚd/

名詞

infohazard (plural infohazards)

1. (chiefly science fiction) A piece of information which is directly harmful to one who knows it.

   Synonym: memetic hazard

   Hypernyms: hazard, danger

   Hyponym: Roko's basilisk

   Coordinate terms: cognitohazard, biohazard

   • [2019 June 13, Tom Chivers, The AI Does Not Hate You‎, Orion Publishing Group, →ISBN:

     A basilisk, in this context, is information that can hurt you simply because you are aware of it. Yudkowsky uses the term 'infohazard'.]

   • 2019 August 28, Fletcher Wortmann, “Infohazard Warning: How Internal Memes Infect Your Brain”, in Triggered‎, Psychology Today, archived from the original on 15 November 2021:

     If a meme is any idea that gets in your head, then an "infohazard" is a meme that's actively harmful to its host.

2. An information hazard; a piece of information which can be used to cause harm by one who knows it.

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