JCM 6/26/2025 9:07:56 AM

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This kind of reporting pisses me off, and IMAO is irresponsible as hell.

Read trending post as US aviation expert speaks on 'cause' of devastating Air India crash

The expert, is not an aviation expert, she's an attorney who sues over aviation incidents. There is zero evidence to support the allegation. She is setting up to sue Boeing over the accident.

From the available information we have it points to dual engine failure. The video indicates the Ram Air Turbine (RAT) was deployed, the audio of the video has diminished engine noise the distinctive buzzing of a deploy RAT. Contrary to the ambulance chaser idea, deployment of the RAT not likely in her scenario. If the computer command engines to idle, then the RAT would not deploy, since it was a command engine roll back. RAT deploys under dual engine failure, electrical failure or manually, not command engine settings.

JCM 6/26/2025 9:57:12 AM

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Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task

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.

Use of AI makes you stupid! 

Link to PDF of study: https://lnkd.in/eaSa3YZK

vxbush 6/26/2025 10:01:04 AM

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Reply to JCM in 2:

I read a bit of that this morning, and noted the article also made connections to the adoption of calculators and how it affected student development of math ability as well. 

JCM 6/26/2025 10:06:56 AM

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Reply to vxbush in 3:

David Geltner wrote a paper about calculators 30 years ago or so. His point technology should not be used until students are comfortable with the first principles. This trains the mind but gives people the ability to know if the answers given by the tech are "reasonable". I know my spelling skills are worse for having spellcheck for everything.

vxbush 6/26/2025 10:58:23 AM

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In #4 JCM said: David Geltner wrote a paper about calculators 30 years ago or so. His point technology should not be used until students are comfortable with the first principles. This trains the mind but gives people the ability to know if the answers given by the tech are "reasonable". I know my spelling skills are worse for having spellcheck for everything.

That's a good basic argument, but I would extend it a bit--if you are planning to go into a STEM field, you still aren't allowed to have toys until after you get past at least the 200-level courses. 

JCM 6/26/2025 11:09:33 AM

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Reply to vxbush in 5:

Agreed. I would extend it writing, if possible. Grade school focus on penmanship and basic grammar. Multiple studies show advantages for brain development when thinking and physically writing. The papers in high school should be hand written. College AI essays should be banned. Question for that is enforcing that rule.

JCM 6/26/2025 11:29:33 AM

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More garbage reporting....

Early intelligence suggests Iran’s uranium largely intact, European officials say

The people said the intelligence suggested that Iran’s stockpile of 408kg of uranium enriched close to weapons-grade levels was not concentrated in Fordow, one of its two main enrichment sites, at the time of last weekend’s attack.

The uranium was not the target. The processing, the centrifuges were. The shock damage alone from the strike would have damaged them, likely irreparable. If the centrifuge galleries collapse, that puts them out of business. If the entrance tunnels collapse, that takes time to dig out.

Whole point of the article is to make the mission look like a misstep or a failure.

vxbush 6/26/2025 11:56:43 AM

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In #6 JCM said: College AI essays should be banned. Question for that is enforcing that rule.

And how to prevent cheating. I know some local colleges are going back to blue books. 

Occasional Reader 6/26/2025 1:30:19 PM

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🎶I don’t own the plane I’m flyin’ 

And it’s Fordow I’ll soon be fryin’ 

And I’ve got one more bunker buster 

But I’m not gonna let ‘em catch me, no 

Not gonna let ‘em catch the Midnight Hammer🎶

Kosh's Shadow 6/26/2025 2:23:37 PM

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In #7 JCM said: The uranium was not the target. The processing, the centrifuges were.

Yes. 605 uranium and no centrifuges to get to 90%

Can be used for a dirty bomb, but that's it.

And that assumes it isn't buried somewhere.