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Darth Vader never actually said “Luke I am your father.” Your favorite children’s book series was theBerenstain Bearsnot theBerenstein Bears. And the cow on Laughing Cow cheese never actually had a nose ring. These are some of the most famous examples of a phenomenon known as the Mandela effect —an experience where the public collectively misremembers an image, event, or phrase. It’s possible that modern advances in technology, such as generative artificial intelligence, could lead to similar confusion but with potentially negative consequences. Exactly what role AI might play in the creation of our memories is something that experts in both human memory and AI misinformation are interested to find out.Here’s how the Mandela effect explains the science of misremembering.What is the Mandela effect?The Mandela effect is a kind of false collective memory in which many people remember the same incorrect details...