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New comment by dan_ggggg in "AI boosted homework scores, then exam scores dropped: study"

dan_ggggg — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 22:54:21 +0000

That sounds much worse than I had expected. Is this enough consumption to significantly affect the local price of gasoline?

Edit: Why don't they have lower-emission power sources?

New comment by dan_ggggg in "AI boosted homework scores, then exam scores dropped: study"

dan_ggggg — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 22:06:07 +0000

The social costs are worse.

New comment by dan_ggggg in "AI boosted homework scores, then exam scores dropped: study"

dan_ggggg — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 22:05:38 +0000

> Why would a smart person go to an LLM for an answer they cannot judge or test, be succeptible to flattery and sycophancy rather than picking up on the emotional manipulation and being suspicious/sceptical of the interaction, or looking for support from an echo chamber rather than a Socratic opponent?

Great summary of the flaws with LLM "research"/"reasoning". It's always trying to con you, and I question the literacy and intelligence of the people who can't see this.

New comment by dan_ggggg in "AI boosted homework scores, then exam scores dropped: study"

dan_ggggg — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 21:45:21 +0000

> at a young age where it doesn't matter.

Doesn't it matter the most at a young age?

New comment by dan_ggggg in "AI boosted homework scores, then exam scores dropped: study"

dan_ggggg — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 21:43:05 +0000

> Sometimes things are just common sense pure and simple.

The discussion is about "AI", so common sense is out the window. These people's professional reputations depend on addict-level "AI" usage remaining socially acceptable.

New comment by dan_ggggg in "AI boosted homework scores, then exam scores dropped: study"

dan_ggggg — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 16:29:38 +0000

I don't like doing anything hard, which is why I outsource all of my thoughts to for-profit slop generators.

Don't make any commentary on my intelligence or I'll get you banned.

New comment by dan_ggggg in "AI boosted homework scores, then exam scores dropped: study"

dan_ggggg — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 16:28:39 +0000

This site is flush with C students who are upset that they graduated before AI had the opportunity to destroy their learning experience.

New comment by dan_ggggg in "AI boosted homework scores, then exam scores dropped: study"

dan_ggggg — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 16:27:42 +0000

Definitely not fine. People are graduating from Computer Science programs literally unable to write a line of code without AI assistance.

These people have fallen into OpenAI and Anthropic's trap and are illiterate without the assistance of coin-operated slop generators.