2026-01-03
I like this guy's vibe. The interview doesn't say much, but I appreciate the realism that the next high impact areas for AI aren't chatbot/LLM related but in industrial applications. This seems right to me. [embedded post]
Financial Times
Yann LeCun admits that Llama 4's “results were fudged a little bit”, and that the team used different models for different benchmarks to give better results
The interview took place in a great restaurant in Paris: Yannick Alléno's Pavyllon. … Bluesky: Rob Delaney / @robdelaney : 💩💩💩 [embedded post] SE Gyges / @segyges : this puts a bun...
2025-06-19
Draft study from MIT researchers links LLM usage to a decrease in cognitive function. — arxiv.org/pdf/2506.088...
Time
An MIT study of 54 people: writing SAT essays using ChatGPT had the lowest brain engagement and poorer neural performance than using Google Search or no tools
Does ChatGPT harm critical thinking abilities? A new study from researchers at MIT's Media Lab has returned some concerning results.
2025-05-07
There was a Chronicle of Higher Ed essay that came out when I was in college about the widespread use of essay farms among graduate students (ironically, especially those getting education degrees). — This article is that, but 1000 times worse.
New York Magazine
How ChatGPT and other AI tools enable systemic cheating in college, unravelling the entire academic project; one student says “the ceiling has been blown off”
ChatGPT has unraveled the entire academic project. — Chungin “Roy” Lee stepped onto Columbia University's campus …