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Nataliya Kosmyna, Ph.D

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Research scientist @mit @fluidinterfaces @mitmedialab Ph.D in Computer Science and Brain Computer Interfaces. Project lead @NeuraFutures, Augmenting Brains https://linktr.ee/nataliyakosmyna

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Nataliya Kosmyna, Ph.D @nataliyakosmyna.bsky.social · Jun 16

𝐍𝐨, 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐋𝐌 𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐋𝐌 𝐮𝐬𝐞.

See our paper for more results: "Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task" : www.brainonllm.com

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Nataliya Kosmyna, Ph.D @nataliyakosmyna.bsky.social · 19h

There’s much more work in the pipeline with our working group, so please consider joining, if you’d like to contribute on how AI companies CAN and CANNOT use IP, based on these licenses.

Nataliya Kosmyna, Ph.D @nataliyakosmyna.bsky.social · 19h

So by introducing AI100 we begin the set of licenses that put human constraints on the applied use of such IP.

Nataliya Kosmyna, Ph.D @nataliyakosmyna.bsky.social · 19h

Next: with other licenses it’s easy to use them in the ways original Licensor maybe didn’t mean to (i.e. CC licenses were created for people to give back to others, not to make more profit for AI companies).

Nataliya Kosmyna, Ph.D @nataliyakosmyna.bsky.social · 19h

So by giving the choice between AI0 and AI100 you can be very explicit. The “fair use” case would not be predicated with your local jurisdiction explanation, but rather with the intent the Licensor has, which is giving their IP to humans.

Nataliya Kosmyna, Ph.D @nataliyakosmyna.bsky.social · 19h

You are right. But now imagine those companies comes and say that you “probably” meant for them to use it too, after all, they employ people, aren’t they?

Nataliya Kosmyna, Ph.D @nataliyakosmyna.bsky.social · 1d

Re: scraping – it’s a license. Not a firewall to prevent the scraping or monetize it (like CloudFlare does it, for example).

Again, if you’d love to contribute your expertise, please consider adding your contact details!

Nataliya Kosmyna, Ph.D @nataliyakosmyna.bsky.social · 1d

Our goal is to put humans first, and allow for distribution and derivatives for humans’ benefit, not AI’s or companies behind the AI. Including the scraping you have mentioned.

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Nataliya Kosmyna, Ph.D @nataliyakosmyna.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, I’m with you. Especially on the part where lots of AI companies don’t honor the licenses (any).

But our main objective here is to empower humans. Same as Creative Commons and Open Source foundations when they began their path decades ago.

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Nataliya Kosmyna, Ph.D @nataliyakosmyna.bsky.social · 1d

Based on that, your legal representation may choose to take further action against such violation of the license.

It’s the first release, and we are happy to collaborate with lawyers in different jurisdictions!

Please consider filling the join form on the website!

Nataliya Kosmyna, Ph.D @nataliyakosmyna.bsky.social · 1d

So if you publish your work under AI0 and your work later was used by AI, it immediately violates the license agreement and voids such use, making the use of your work by AI illegal.

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Nataliya Kosmyna, Ph.D @nataliyakosmyna.bsky.social · 1d

Great question Nia. As the guarantees go, it gives you power as the human to designate the use of the IP you created to other humans only. And it should be enforceable with the jurisdictions of the major countries.

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Nataliya Kosmyna, Ph.D @nataliyakosmyna.bsky.social · 1d

This is our very first release, and we are eager to receive feedback to ensure that humans always remain the main priority.

It took decades for organizations like Creative Commons and the Linux Foundation to transform the world of open-source licenses. We aim to do it faster — with your help!

The image: « Liberty Leading the People / La Liberté guidant le peuple », an oil painting on canvas by Eugène Delacroix, 1830; currently located in the Louvre, Paris.

Nataliya Kosmyna, Ph.D @nataliyakosmyna.bsky.social · 1d

Today, I’m excited to present the first actionable step towards combating AI slop.

The Humans Commons initiative has published a collection of the first-ever licenses designed to designate the result of human work under Human-first licenses, titled AI0.

www.humanscommons.org

Licenses for the bright future of humanity

Humans Commons offers a range of open-source licenses – from AI0 (human-only use, no AI) to AI100 (public‑domain for all). Share & adapt freely.

www.humanscommons.org

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 8d

New data shows the ways millions of people have integrated AI into their everyday lives. Also, it suggests that for now at least, AI is an individual productivity tool — both at work and in our personal lives — rather than the broader workplace disrupter many in Big Tech predicted. on.ft.com/47cKBVN

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Volker Schröder @marphurius.bsky.social · Sep 7

Will AI Choke Off the Supply of Knowledge? (WSJ gift link): www.wsj.com/tech/ai/will...

Will AI Choke Off the Supply of Knowledge?

More people turn to ChatGPT and other large language models for answers, but they don’t add to the stock of knowledge.

www.wsj.com

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Deutscher Ethikrat @ethikrat.org · Sep 11

#Hirnimplantate, #Exoskelette, #Sprachprothesen, #Neuro-Gaming: Welche Innovationen prägen die Forschung in der #Neurotechnologie? Öffentliche Anhörung: 18.09., 13.30-18 Uhr 👉 Programm: www.ethikrat.org/veranstaltun...
#Ethikrat #BCI @plasticity-lab.bsky.social @stanford.edu @uni-freiburg.de

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Deutscher Ethikrat @ethikrat.org · 27d

🔔 Herzliche Einladung zur öffentlichen Anhörung #Neurotechnologie: 18. September, 13.30-18 Uhr, 👉 www.ethikrat.org/live
@plasticity-lab.bsky.social @stanford.edu @uni-freiburg.de
#Ethikrat #BCI

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EL País Unofficial @elpais.skyfleet.blue · Aug 24

Global ‘beta’ mode: The massive AI experiment

“It looks like it was made by ChatGPT” is now a colloquial expression. It conveys poor quality, mental laziness, and a lack of spark; not superintelligence, despite OpenAI’s promises when it launched its GPT5 version. Nearly three years after this tool burst into our lives, the revolutions promised by the multi-billion-dollar commercial interests behind artificial intelligence (AI) haven’t arrived. Nor have the self-servingly prophesied apocalypses. Seguir leyendo

english.elpais.com

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Nataliya Kosmyna, Ph.D @nataliyakosmyna.bsky.social · Aug 25

the risks for cognitive development + social changes are real, and not enough is done by the governments to actively investigate those and be more proactive about those.

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Nataliya Kosmyna, Ph.D @nataliyakosmyna.bsky.social · Aug 25

just using “Study Mode” will not be a magic solution. What I think would happen at the very least, is that we will end up having a lot of “AI-ready customers”, who literally got exposed to the agents for X years of their life, when their brains have been in active development stage. 2/n

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Nataliya Kosmyna, Ph.D @nataliyakosmyna.bsky.social · Aug 25

Hard to say without getting into a lot of speculation: we do need more data. It would heavily depend on the type of agents, instructions, the roles, the format of the rest of the school process (will teachers still be there? What is the % of their involvement? Would tower students be around?) 1/n

Nataliya Kosmyna, Ph.D @nataliyakosmyna.bsky.social · Jul 30

Check full article here: time.com/7295195/ai-c...

ChatGPT's Impact On Our Brains According to an MIT Study

The study, from MIT Lab scholars, measured the brain activity of subjects writing SAT essays with and without ChatGPT.

time.com

Nataliya Kosmyna, Ph.D @nataliyakosmyna.bsky.social · Jul 30

Just 5 weeks after I talked to the Time magazine's Andrew Chow and mentioned that "I am afraid in 6-8 months, there will be some policymaker who decides,
'let's do GPT kindergarten!", we are now getting news about Baby Grok.

This timeline is not the one I desire for our universe.

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Gérald Tirot @tirotg.bsky.social · Jul 24

Une étude récente sur l'utilisation de #ChatGPT pour la rédaction de dissertations ne dresse pas un portrait flatteur de cet outil. Cependant, certains résultats de l'étude ont été mal interprétés, affirme son auteur principal.
@mit.edu @nataliyakosmyna.bsky.social @techlearning.bsky.social

Your Brain On ChatGPT: Everything Educators Need To Know About MIT’s AI Study

A recent study of ChatGPT’s use for writing essays does not paint a flattering picture of the tool. But some of the study’s findings have been misunderstood, says its lead author.

www.techlearning.com

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Nataliya Kosmyna, Ph.D @nataliyakosmyna.bsky.social · Jul 18

My message to you, dear reader, stays clear: if you 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 without your thinking, is it 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠?

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/o...

Opinion | The Seductions of A.I. for the Writer’s Mind