scared every new report on LLM's impact on users consistently reinforces the fact that LLM reliance leads to cognitive deficits, and yet LLM reliance is now almost ubiquitous among college undergraduates

[–] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 16 points 3 weeks ago

just anecdotally I'm pretty sure the availability of search engines did something to my memory, compared to just like, studying books and remembering the shit in them

I can't even imagine how much worse the Confident Lies Machine is

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

kombucha-disgust Cognitive Debt is a pretty loaded term for 'they did less work with the subject so they internalized the information less.'

[–] Philosoraptor@hexbear.net 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I imagine the idea is that by relying on LLMs people can "get by" for a while, appearing to be functional and learning. Eventually, though, that lack of genuine thinking is going to come due. It's like buying everything you need with a credit card: it works for a while, but eventually you have to stop.

[–] miz@hexbear.net 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

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