“Using LLMs makes you stupid”* is such an emotionally appealing conclusion that I’m going to consciously work — this post is my public commitment! — not to read •too• much into this one study. As the OP says: small N, not peer reviewed, etc.

But I •will• immediately heed the authors’ “concerns about the long-term educational implications of LLM reliance.” However the research shakes out, it seems like good practice to double down on helping students keep their own brains awake and active regardless of the technology available to them.

* EDIT to clarify: “LLMs make you stupid” is a description of •my• confirmation bias being activated, and •not• what the paper actually says!

Trying to run with the "trauma is healed through connection" info and constantly running into "you were right to not rely on or trust other people" is really, really making it hard to work on these 'false' beliefs.

One day I will actually just fuck off to a forest and live there happily with zero human contact. Unfortunately right now that is just a dream.

the truth is men wanna maintain the absolute delusion that an average male athlete could easily compete with elite female athletes; because patriarchy depends on the foundational idea that all women are inherently biologically inferior to all men

and a trans woman sucking at sports against cis women is just coming too close to challenging that foundational idea so no one can be allowed to even ask the question. anyone who suggeste that trans women might just suck at sports compared to cis women must be framed as insanely stupid and never listened to

we must appeal to “common sense”
don’t think about it

the “obvious truth” of women’s physical inferiority must not be questioned or examined on any level