# 🔗 erwin knolls law of ai accuracy

- Author: @gurupanguji
- Date: 2026-05-05
- URL: https://gurupanguji.com/blog/2026/05/05/erwin-knolls-law-of-ai-accuracy/
- Categories: link
- Tags: ai, quotes

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> The Gell-Mann amnesia effect is similar to [Erwin Knoll](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Knoll)'s law of media accuracy, which states: "Everything you read in the newspapers is absolutely true except for the rare story of which you happen to have firsthand knowledge."

*Source:* [Michael Crichton - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Crichton)

Here's a modern Erwin Knoll's law of AI accuracy - 

_Everything generated by AI is absolutely great except for the rare topic of which you happen to have first hand knowledge._