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This new study underscores one of my biggest objections to the use of AI in the classroom. For me, those objections fall into 3 categories: 1) the environmental impact; 2) cognitive offloading and ... 1/2 www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/15...
AI Tools in Society: Impacts on Cognitive Offloading and the Future of Critical Thinking
The proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) tools has transformed numerous aspects of daily life, yet its impact on critical thinking remains underexplored. This study investigates the relations...
www.mdpi.com
It's important to need to keep in mind that AI is literally making us dumber.
Overreliance on these tools to make decisions undermines our future ability to think critically and make decisions for ourselves effectively. We *need* to continue to exercise our minds in order to retain our humanity.
Overreliance on these tools to make decisions undermines our future ability to think critically and make decisions for ourselves effectively. We *need* to continue to exercise our minds in order to retain our humanity.
Lol. Making way for the failbro.
November 29, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Lol. Making way for the failbro.
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he’s so depressed that his son is barely getting any notifications
Speaker 'barely holding it together' and 'crushed by his workload': NYT
Speaker 'barely holding it together' and 'crushed by his workload': NYT
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) made several revealing admissions about the stressful and chaotic nature of his job, according to a recent New York Times report.The Times' Annie Karni wrote in a Wednesday article that Johnson turned what was meant to be an easy interview with a friendly podcast h...
bit.ly
November 27, 2025 at 1:12 PM
he’s so depressed that his son is barely getting any notifications
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Sam Neill, call you agent, we've got the wacky biopic for you.
November 23, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Sam Neill, call you agent, we've got the wacky biopic for you.
It's wild that we even need to formalize and publish such obvious conclusions.
A new paper argues that current generative AI tools offer little benefit for genuine learning unless students already have substantial prior knowledge. genAI gives probabilistic summaries, not the kind of support that builds expertise.
November 23, 2025 at 2:04 PM
It's wild that we even need to formalize and publish such obvious conclusions.
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I tend to prefer flavors of defensive RAPM such as those from NBARAPM.com or xRAPM.com for overall measures of defensive impact. EPM from @taylorsnarr.bsky.social is also good, but the box score prior can cause some distortion IMO.
But individual defense is *HARD* to measure.
But individual defense is *HARD* to measure.
November 23, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I tend to prefer flavors of defensive RAPM such as those from NBARAPM.com or xRAPM.com for overall measures of defensive impact. EPM from @taylorsnarr.bsky.social is also good, but the box score prior can cause some distortion IMO.
But individual defense is *HARD* to measure.
But individual defense is *HARD* to measure.
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I really think this kind of thing is a bad idea, because who wants to start a relationship *with a doctor’s office* by realizing the first thing that happened in that relationship is that they tried to trick you?
I went to make a doctor’s appointment today and got transferred to an AI “person” and I can’t overstate my revulsion when it fooled me for the first ten seconds, so that I was trying to be friendly and pleasant, and I realized it I was trying to be polite to a machine.
November 20, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I really think this kind of thing is a bad idea, because who wants to start a relationship *with a doctor’s office* by realizing the first thing that happened in that relationship is that they tried to trick you?
Basketball reference profile sponsorships are wild.
November 20, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Basketball reference profile sponsorships are wild.
To be fair Derik Queen is an absolute soft-serve legend.
A 3x MVP vs a guy playing in his 15th career NBA game lol
November 20, 2025 at 3:39 AM
To be fair Derik Queen is an absolute soft-serve legend.
Nightmares are all that remains.
November 14, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Nightmares are all that remains.
The "surprise" here is no surprise.
No surprise: “AI peer reviewers recommend the acceptance of unsound papers created entirely by AI more than 80% of the time, a new study has found.”
Surprise: the article still tries to spin it positive for “human-AI collaboration.”
People, please draw the correct conclusion.
Surprise: the article still tries to spin it positive for “human-AI collaboration.”
People, please draw the correct conclusion.
AI peer reviewers are fine with AI-fabricated papers
Study finds artificial intelligence reviewers accept AI-generated scientific studies 4 out of 5 times
cen.acs.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:46 AM
The "surprise" here is no surprise.
Did this happen in Reno?
November 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Did this happen in Reno?
Bailout Abundance.
hey guys isn't it weird how all of the abundance guys in DC started talking about the US government needing to back US AI tech companies at the same time and now government backed entities are now looking into doing this
What the fuck
November 8, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Bailout Abundance.
What kind of fresh hell is this?
“‘Audio updates are meant to be short and sweet (a few sentences here and there), tailored to your interests and your social graph, and designed to both inspire and inform you…The vibe we’re going for is more ‘Waze meets Gossip Girl,’ and less ‘Wikipedia in your ears.’”
Foursquare’s founder launches a new app that talks to you about your neighborhood
“The vibe we’re going for is more ‘Waze meets Gossip Girl’.“
www.theverge.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:02 PM
What kind of fresh hell is this?
I'd suggest it's "misuse" of "misuse framing". Developers and vendors are the primary "misusers". Their products are the misuse.
what the “misuse” framing does is shift the onus on individual users when shit goes wrong leaving AI developers and vendors off the hook
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November 5, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I'd suggest it's "misuse" of "misuse framing". Developers and vendors are the primary "misusers". Their products are the misuse.
More hardwood, please.
November 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
More hardwood, please.
And a hot rotisserie chicken is often cheaper than a raw one!
November 1, 2025 at 7:03 PM
And a hot rotisserie chicken is often cheaper than a raw one!
I like cheap butts and I can not lie.
You other smokers can't deny.
You other smokers can't deny.
I don't need these many butts, but when they're only $1.88/lb...
November 1, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I like cheap butts and I can not lie.
You other smokers can't deny.
You other smokers can't deny.
Who the fuck wants this?
Sure, it's vaguely technically impressive that it can mash all of these words together and maybe even occasionally get things right...but *even if it worked* what's the value proposition?
*Even if this were all true*...Who the hell wants to waste their time reading it?
Sure, it's vaguely technically impressive that it can mash all of these words together and maybe even occasionally get things right...but *even if it worked* what's the value proposition?
*Even if this were all true*...Who the hell wants to waste their time reading it?
October 31, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Who the fuck wants this?
Sure, it's vaguely technically impressive that it can mash all of these words together and maybe even occasionally get things right...but *even if it worked* what's the value proposition?
*Even if this were all true*...Who the hell wants to waste their time reading it?
Sure, it's vaguely technically impressive that it can mash all of these words together and maybe even occasionally get things right...but *even if it worked* what's the value proposition?
*Even if this were all true*...Who the hell wants to waste their time reading it?
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Russell Westbrook, Latrell Sprewell, early Dwyane Wade…
What are some good slashers to play in the background with the sound low/off for a Halloween party?
October 31, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Russell Westbrook, Latrell Sprewell, early Dwyane Wade…
This is why I've completely abandoned several pieces of software that I'd used for 25+ years within the past several months.
I've zero interest in using tools that have me swearing at them daily "Will you fuck off?"
I've zero interest in using tools that have me swearing at them daily "Will you fuck off?"
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 1:29 PM
This is why I've completely abandoned several pieces of software that I'd used for 25+ years within the past several months.
I've zero interest in using tools that have me swearing at them daily "Will you fuck off?"
I've zero interest in using tools that have me swearing at them daily "Will you fuck off?"
None of this ends well.
October 27, 2025 at 8:35 PM
None of this ends well.
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TEACHERS: Do you have *concerns* about AI in school?
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October 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
TEACHERS: Do you have *concerns* about AI in school?
Share w/ us & @404media.co's @jasonkoebler.bsky.social, David Cutler & @lutzfernandez.bsky.social
RSVP: https://bit.ly/PBS-AI-Zoom10-30
Share w/ us & @404media.co's @jasonkoebler.bsky.social, David Cutler & @lutzfernandez.bsky.social
RSVP: https://bit.ly/PBS-AI-Zoom10-30