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I organize the Eurovision Song Contest, but exclusive to Lemmy, it’s called Lemmyvision !

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  • From the research paper:

    Summary of results

    We believe that some of the most striking observations in our study stem from Session 4, where Brain-to-LLM participants showed higher neural connectivity than LLM Group’s sessions 1, 2, 3 (network‑wide spike in alpha-, beta‑, theta‑, and delta-band directed connectivity). This suggests that rewriting an essay using AI tools (after prior AI-free writing) engaged more extensive brain network interactions. In contrast, the LLM-to-Brain group, being exposed to LLM use prior, demonstrated less coordinated neural effort in most bands, as well as bias in LLM specific vocabulary. Though scored high by both AI judge and human teachers, their essays stood out less in terms of the distance of NER/n-gram usage compared to other sessions in other groups. On the topic level, few topics deviated significantly and almost orthogonally (like HAPPINESS or PHILANTHROPY topics) in between LLM and Brain-only groups.

    Conclusions

    As we stand at this technological crossroads, it becomes crucial to understand the full spectrum of cognitive consequences associated with LLM integration in educational and informational contexts. While these tools offer unprecedented opportunities for enhancing learning and 142 information access, their potential impact on cognitive development, critical thinking, and intellectual independence demands a very careful consideration and continued research. The LLM undeniably reduced the friction involved in answering participants’ questions compared to the Search Engine. However, this convenience came at a cognitive cost, diminishing users’ inclination to critically evaluate the LLM’s output or ”opinions” (probabilistic answers based on the training datasets). This highlights a concerning evolution of the ‘echo chamber’ effect: rather than disappearing, it has adapted to shape user exposure through algorithmically curated content. What is ranked as “top” is ultimately influenced by the priorities of the LLM’s shareholders [123, 125]. Only a few participants in the interviews mentioned that they did not follow the “thinking” [124] aspect of the LLMs and pursued their line of ideation and thinking. Regarding ethical considerations, participants who were in the Brain-only group reported higher satisfaction and demonstrated higher brain connectivity, compared to other groups. Essays written with the help of LLM carried a lesser significance or value to the participants (impaired ownership, Figure 8), as they spent less time on writing (Figure 33), and mostly failed to provide a quote from theis essays (Session 1, Figure 6, Figure 7). Human teachers “closed the loop” by detecting the LLM-generated essays, as they recognized the conventional structure and homogeneity of the delivered points for each essay within the topic and group. We believe that the longitudinal studies are needed in order to understand the long-term impact of the LLMs on the human brain, before LLMs are recognized as something that is net positive for the humans.















  • French perspective here : Vermont sounds like one of the safest states to reside in, even in the current political climate of the US. You sound like you’re doing well financially so I wouldn’t worry for now, but maybe there are specific things that are making you reconsider, they’re valid.

    France is hard to settle in, you need to be committed to learning the language and the culture. It’s very worth it but also takes time and energy, do consider that you’ll be an ocean away from your partner’s family, this might play in the long term.

    If you do decide to come, I would recommend you wait until summer 2027 (presidential elections) to see how the political landscape looks like in France as well (trump-compatible-far-right has momentum currently), and make a decision based on this.


  • To be fair, it’s a bunch of random personal experiences that in no way represent France as a whole. Fil dentaire has existed for decades here, people use them if they want to, in addition to brushing their teeth three times a day after each meal. The fact that the article translates it to soie dentaire which is exclusively French Canadian makes me very distrustful of the author…

    Google Translate suggested “passer la soie dentaire”, which roughly translates to “passing dental silk between your teeth”.

    What kind of journalist relies on google translate for a translation and not fact check…