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When academic teams lose faith in their research's relevance

My research team and I are working on AI ethics, but we've all started having private doubts about whether any of the frameworks we're developing actually matter given how fast the technology is moving. We present our work confidently in public while privately wondering if we're just rearranging deck chairs, and none of us wants to be the first to voice that fear.

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Professional groups can maintain collective performance of confidence while individually experiencing deep doubts about their work's significance.

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