AI could help young people
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Specialized AI applications can help students research and prepare for exams, while a mental-health veteran said AI could benefit some young people and challenged face-to-face care as the default.
In our course and book _Calling Bullshit_, we posit that
If something seems too good, or too bad, to be true, it probably is.
Now as a college professor I'm pretty confident that overreliance can AI can harm our thinking ability, but just ten minutes of use? Let's dig into this this study a bit.
If something seems too good, or too bad, to be true, it probably is.
Now as a college professor I'm pretty confident that overreliance can AI can harm our thinking ability, but just ten minutes of use? Let's dig into this this study a bit.
Using AI for just 10 minutes erodes your ability to persist at hard things - Berkeley News
A UC Berkeley researcher co-authored a study that raises profound questions about how we interact with artificial intelligence in education — and daily life.
news.berkeley.edu
October 11, 2026 at 8:25 PM
In our course and book _Calling Bullshit_, we posit that
If something seems too good, or too bad, to be true, it probably is.
Now as a college professor I'm pretty confident that overreliance can AI can harm our thinking ability, but just ten minutes of use? Let's dig into this this study a bit.
If something seems too good, or too bad, to be true, it probably is.
Now as a college professor I'm pretty confident that overreliance can AI can harm our thinking ability, but just ten minutes of use? Let's dig into this this study a bit.
by Shannon Vallor Reposted by Lesley A. Hall, Daxton R. Stewart, Fabián Muniesa
I will not only be relieved but truly *ecstatic* to be wrong, if more and better studies soon start showing that AI actually improves learning and cognitive motivation. But so far they all show the opposite, and that is consistent with the evidence that I and other educators are seeing on the ground
We are soon going to have to come to grips with the fact that this shit is asbestos for the mind
Using AI for just 10 minutes erodes your ability to persist at hard things - Berkeley News
A UC Berkeley researcher co-authored a study that raises profound questions about how we interact with artificial intelligence in education — and daily life.
news.berkeley.edu
October 11, 2026 at 7:40 AM
I will not only be relieved but truly *ecstatic* to be wrong, if more and better studies soon start showing that AI actually improves learning and cognitive motivation. But so far they all show the opposite, and that is consistent with the evidence that I and other educators are seeing on the ground
This is good advice for prospective PhD students.
I'm getting a ton of emails that are heavily written by AI. If you can show that you've actually read some of the research yourself and have a few original thoughts about it you'll definitely stand out.
I'm getting a ton of emails that are heavily written by AI. If you can show that you've actually read some of the research yourself and have a few original thoughts about it you'll definitely stand out.
October 11, 2026 at 4:16 PM
This is good advice for prospective PhD students.
I'm getting a ton of emails that are heavily written by AI. If you can show that you've actually read some of the research yourself and have a few original thoughts about it you'll definitely stand out.
I'm getting a ton of emails that are heavily written by AI. If you can show that you've actually read some of the research yourself and have a few original thoughts about it you'll definitely stand out.
Independent evaluators are good --- if they are actually independent. www.cnbc.com/2026/10/11/a...
AI’s quiet safety gatekeepers are stepping into the spotlight
The intensifying AI safety debate is bringing a small group of third-party evaluators into the center of a multitrillion-dollar industry.
www.cnbc.com
October 11, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Independent evaluators are good --- if they are actually independent. www.cnbc.com/2026/10/11/a...
Digital Media Use and Psychosocial Health among Adolescent Boys and Young: A new review in Current Psychiatry Reports synthesises the evidence on how social media, gaming, and AI chatbots affect adolescent boys and young men in particular.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Digital Media Use and Psychosocial Health among Adolescent Boys and Young Men - Current Psychiatry Reports
Purpose of Review To synthesize recent literature highlighting how and why adolescent boys and young men may face unique media-related psychosocial health risks and potential benefits. Recent Findings...
link.springer.com
October 11, 2026 at 11:29 AM
Digital Media Use and Psychosocial Health among Adolescent Boys and Young: A new review in Current Psychiatry Reports synthesises the evidence on how social media, gaming, and AI chatbots affect adolescent boys and young men in particular.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
by Jonathan Wolff Reposted by Steven H. Seggie
Talking to someone in a company where whole divisions are being axed because of AI. Not because AI can do their jobs, but because the company needs to drastically cut the salary bill to pay for AI.
October 10, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Talking to someone in a company where whole divisions are being axed because of AI. Not because AI can do their jobs, but because the company needs to drastically cut the salary bill to pay for AI.
The @article19.bsky.social @hertieschool.bsky.social #DMA conference I saw some AI nonsense in 2025 but not in 2026. But it's not particularly prestigious so maybe we're more quickly through to the other side on professional behaviour.
Finished my reviews for one well-known conference. 3 out of 4 submissions were meaningless – because, most likely, AI-generated. But wait, it gets better: most reviews (you can later see others' reviews) are positive (!) because... they *also* look AI-generated. It's gonna be a fun event, no doubt.
October 11, 2026 at 5:27 AM
The @article19.bsky.social @hertieschool.bsky.social #DMA conference I saw some AI nonsense in 2025 but not in 2026. But it's not particularly prestigious so maybe we're more quickly through to the other side on professional behaviour.
this reinforces my new pet hypothesis, that AI will produce slop that looks good only if you're not an expert.
really using AI effectively means you have to know what you're doing. but accepting random advice on things you know nothing about can give you garbage like this.
really using AI effectively means you have to know what you're doing. but accepting random advice on things you know nothing about can give you garbage like this.
For example, if a member’s wellness data shows they’re jet-lagged after a flight, Aurora might suggest—and, if the member wants, book—a sauna and recovery session, an IV drip to their room, or a physical therapist for a sports massage. https://bit.ly/4AVcONL
Meet Aurora: the invite-only, $10,000-a-year AI concierge that anticipates the ultrawealthy’s every need | Fortune
Backed by $12 million from VCs and family offices, Aurora pairs AI with human tastemakers to manage members’ health, travel, and dining.
fortune.com
October 11, 2026 at 7:20 PM
this reinforces my new pet hypothesis, that AI will produce slop that looks good only if you're not an expert.
really using AI effectively means you have to know what you're doing. but accepting random advice on things you know nothing about can give you garbage like this.
really using AI effectively means you have to know what you're doing. but accepting random advice on things you know nothing about can give you garbage like this.
Honest to god. *Please* let me be wrong. I will not only burn all my past papers on intellectual and moral deskilling, I will dance in the ashes.
October 11, 2026 at 7:42 AM
Honest to god. *Please* let me be wrong. I will not only burn all my past papers on intellectual and moral deskilling, I will dance in the ashes.
by Greg Linden
I can't wait for this AI hype bubble to pop, for the scams and crap to get regulated out of existence, and for company to get back to only using AI/ML when it is provably useful to make products better for customers. Sure, that's a smaller use of AI, but at least it's one that helps people.
October 11, 2026 at 11:12 PM
I can't wait for this AI hype bubble to pop, for the scams and crap to get regulated out of existence, and for company to get back to only using AI/ML when it is provably useful to make products better for customers. Sure, that's a smaller use of AI, but at least it's one that helps people.
The control group never had AI.
October 11, 2026 at 8:33 PM
The control group never had AI.
Given Anthropic's huge user base, think of the good they could do simply by teaching users not to create abusive content toward their fellow humans, not simply toward their AI models!
October 11, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Given Anthropic's huge user base, think of the good they could do simply by teaching users not to create abusive content toward their fellow humans, not simply toward their AI models!
by Josh Pasek
Been making a series of activities to describe how AI works and what it will do to society for my Ai Literacy class -- thought these might be useful for others as well, so I am making them public: courseapps.joshpasek.com/ai-literacy/ - I will keep adding more here as well...
Teach AI Literacy — Course Apps
Reusable AI Literacy classroom activities, learning goals, teaching notes, and class-specific links.
courseapps.joshpasek.com
October 11, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Been making a series of activities to describe how AI works and what it will do to society for my Ai Literacy class -- thought these might be useful for others as well, so I am making them public: courseapps.joshpasek.com/ai-literacy/ - I will keep adding more here as well...
So if it's a well-known fact about general human psychology, why frame it as a consequence of AI?
October 11, 2026 at 8:57 PM
So if it's a well-known fact about general human psychology, why frame it as a consequence of AI?