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"Ambiguous one-word journal titles are a MDPI trademark (“Foods”, “Plants”). In the spirit of “if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em”, Springer Nature has launched a series of journals, the “Discover” series, with near-identical names (Discover Food, Discover Plants).
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Why? How? And let’s ask the most important question of all: who will this benefit? It’s certainly not the authors."
❝Over four months, LLM users consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioral levels. These results raise concerns about the long-term educational implications of LLM reliance and underscore the need for deeper inquiry into AI's role in learning.❞
Hell of a research abstract there, via @gwagner:
(And please see downthread!)
To write is to think. Using ChatGPT to write leads to..."cognitive debt", which might be one of the better euphemism for somewhat less polite words.
Small n, not yet peer-reviewed, etc https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872
This study explores the neural and behavioral consequences of LLM-assisted essay writing. Participants were divided into three groups: LLM, Search Engine, and Brain-only (no tools). Each completed three sessions under the same condition. In a fourth session, LLM users were reassigned to Brain-only group (LLM-to-Brain), and Brain-only users were reassigned to LLM condition (Brain-to-LLM). A total of 54 participants took part in Sessions 1-3, with 18 completing session 4. We used electroencephalography (EEG) to assess cognitive load during essay writing, and analyzed essays using NLP, as well as scoring essays with the help from human teachers and an AI judge. Across groups, NERs, n-gram patterns, and topic ontology showed within-group homogeneity. EEG revealed significant differences in brain connectivity: Brain-only participants exhibited the strongest, most distributed networks; Search Engine users showed moderate engagement; and LLM users displayed the weakest connectivity. Cognitive activity scaled down in relation to external tool use. In session 4, LLM-to-Brain participants showed reduced alpha and beta connectivity, indicating under-engagement. Brain-to-LLM users exhibited higher memory recall and activation of occipito-parietal and prefrontal areas, similar to Search Engine users. Self-reported ownership of essays was the lowest in the LLM group and the highest in the Brain-only group. LLM users also struggled to accurately quote their own work. While LLMs offer immediate convenience, our findings highlight potential cognitive costs. Over four months, LLM users consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioral levels. These results raise concerns about the long-term educational implications of LLM reliance and underscore the need for deeper inquiry into AI's role in learning.
As Verfassungsblog indicates, libraries often require DOAJ inclusion to provide funds, hence: Verfassungsblog risks losing funding by libraries by DOAJ's decision
No matter how valid internal processes @ DOAJ, using their power to the detriment of funding around open sharing of constitutional scholarly work is a risk multiplier
Just a reminder that Netanyahu and Trump deliberately tore up a diplomatic solution to Iran's nuclear ambitions, the JCPA agreement which would have allowed Iran to pursue civilian nuclear projects under strict IAEI inspections, in 2018.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Comprehensive_Plan_of_Action
Yesterday, 2025-06-14, 150.000 protesters in the Netherlands [1] and 100.000 protestors in Belgium [2] took the streets to demand that their respective governments finally respect the red lines and act against Israels actions in Gaza that they call a genocide. #RedLineProtest
[1] https://nos.nl/video/2571259-opnieuw-massaal-rode-lijnprotest-omdat-er-nog-steeds-veel-te-weinig-gebeurt
[2] https://www.bruzz.be/actua/samenleving/veel-volk-op-rode-lijn-voor-gaza-dit-duurt-al-veel-te-lang-2025-06-15
As mentioned in another thread some weeks back, flying to the US with a dumbphone or no phone is not wise - you will only appear suspect.
If you _must_ fly to that regime, take a phone with nothing on it but a few pics and a 'clean' prepped social media account you started using a few months prior.
But even then, as this Australian man reveals, your real social accounts might be tagged and mined anyway.
Australian man interrogated at LA airport and deported back to Melbourne for his writings about pro-Palestine protests. His social media posts, too, which he said he deleted before flying, were used as material.
"Clearly, they had technology in their system which linked those posts to my Esta … a long time before I took them down,” he said. “Because they knew all about the posts, and then interrogated me about the posts once I was there.”
Extreemrechts intimideert wetenschappers al jaren: ‘Zien ons als bedreiging’ - OneWorld
Van forse bezuinigingen tot doodsbedreigingen: de wetenschap staat onder druk. Politicoloog Léonie de Jonge en genderwetenschapper Sarah Bracke zien dat politici de wetenschap tot doelwit maken. Deel 1 van een drieluik. ‘Vanuit rechtse hoek vindt een structurele aanval plaats op universiteiten en de wetenschap.’
Lambert Heller
Paul Cantrell
Gernot Wagner
Chris Hartgerink (they/them)
Luke Drury
Jan Wildeboer 😷
Lana Sinapayen
Julian Oliver
teacher_rick 🇪🇺