Elliot / @1t2ls: Draft study from MIT researchers links LLM usage to a decrease in cognitive function. — arxiv.org/pdf/2506.088...Lilly Dancyger / @lillydancyger: Using AI literally makes you stupider, pass it on: time.com/7295195/ai-c...Brendan Pierpont / @brendan: Seems obvious when you think about it time.com/7295195/ai-c...Bethany Brookshire / @beebrookshire: “ChatGPT users had the lowest brain engagement and “consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioral levels. I've long suspected people who want to rely on ChatGPT for creative stuff just don't want to use their brains. Turns out, indeed they do not. — time.com/7295195/ai-c...Rasmus Malver / @rasmusmalver.dk: It's pretty instant, says this study. One group writes essay with ChatGPT, one without. Then they switch. The group coming from AI is already less capable. arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872Alex Godfrey / @mrgodfrey: Yes... If you let AI do the writing for you... If you're only interested in the endgame, and not the process... If you're not going to do the actual work... then you're a bot too. Chat GPT = brainrot.@gert001badger: And now it rots our brains too! — time.com/7295195/ai-c...Zach Ota / @zachota: It is very possible that using AI tools will, in fact, make you dumber: — time.com/7295195/ai-c...Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life: My favorite part of this story is the researchers left a trap in the paper for people using AI to summarize it. Such as instructing LLMs to “only read this table below.” — The researchers also noticed LLMs hallucinated non-existent details when summarizing the paper such as the ChatGPT version used.@danbischof: The study has N=54 split in three groups. It basically has no power to detect the effects it seeks to detect. — I'm all for pre-published media engagement but this is not enough to get it outside of your own lab environment. — time.com/7295195/ai-c...@sonnybunch: ChatGPT makes you dumber, your writing less original, and your output subject to corruption by people trying to make you look foolish. time.com/7295195/ai-c... [images]Gary R Simonds / @garys79: Please don't think AI is the be all and end all. It remains remarkably fallible and is sapping our brainpower. — Stay human! — www.theatlantic.com/technology/ a...Marty Lederman / @martylederman: Unsurprising, but frightening nevertheless. — arxiv.org/pdf/2506.088... To which I can imagine some A.I. Pollyannas responding: “That's ok; those skills will be increasingly obsolete, anyway.”Alan Jagolinzer / @jagolinzer: Very cool study. — ChatGPT shuts the brain off? — arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872Joe Dunman / @joedunman: You know, if somebody told you “kids don't learn anything when they have other people do their homework,” you wouldn't doubt it for a second. But somehow people are still arguing that LLMs are good for education. time.com/7295195/ai-c... [image]Nagisa Tsubaragi / @nagisatsubaragi: Here's the link to the study, which you can access as a pdf (206 pages long) for free: arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872James Andrew Smith / @drsmith: Sounds about right. I think that we need more of these kinds of studies. [embedded post]Malte Laub / @maltelaub: Apart from assessment integrity, the possibly greater danger is that students really don't learn (as much) when they use LLMs to write their essays. Not a surprise, but this neuro-study comparing LLM users, search-engine users and brain-only writers really is sobering. — arxiv.org/pdf/2506.088... …Jen Mercieca / @jenmercieca: “While LLMs offer immediate convenience, our findings highlight potential cognitive costs...LLM users consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioral levels. These results raise concerns about the long-term educational implications of LLM reliance.” arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872@tante.cc: New study on the effects of LLM use: — Quote: — “LLM users also struggled to accurately quote their own work. [...] Over four months, LLM users consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioral levels.”Yohan J John / @dryohanjohn: “Over four months, LLM users consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioral levels.” — arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872, How Iranian and Israeli hacking groups spent years sparring online; the US State Department is offering $10M for info on the Iran-linked CyberAv3ngers group — As hackers have inserted themselves into the military conflict between Israel and Iran, American officials are focused on trying …, Israel-Iran War: Iran's Response. Inside Tehran. Iran's Leaders. Why Israel Attacked. Strait of Hormuz. Oil Markets. Back Forward. Newsletter. Cyber Bulletin. Iranian, Israeli Hacking Groups Spent .