Chen, Ming-Lun: Reflexive AI Literacy: A _Phrasome_-Aware Framework for Generative AI Use and Judgment Formation

Generative AI is increasingly used not only to produce text, but also to assist users in forming judgments, interpreting information, drafting formal documents, and deciding how to act. This paper argues that the central risk in such use is not merely misinformation, but AI-generated confidence: the tendency for fluent, coherent, and context-sensitive language to be mistaken for understanding, authority, or reliable judgment. Building on the concept of the Phrasome, understood as a linguistic st