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Multiple readings Is AI ruining our skills? Early results are in — and they’re not good Concern & critique · 3 attributable reactions Multiple readings A Society of Cheats Concern & critique · 2 attributable reactions
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Developing AI field signal Development 2d ago
⚡ 47 h early
AI skill degradation early results study

Is AI ruining our skills? Early results are in — and they’re not good

13 experts across 4 network communities independently surfaced this.

13 experts 4 communities 1 sources clustered
Alondra Nelson Iris van Rooij Olivia Guest Djamé 🟥 Scott McGrath Marielza Sasha Costanza-Chock Eileen Clancy 🧿 +5
How the network is reacting Experts are approaching this through 2 distinct lenses.
Multiple readings

Concern & critique

2 experts

Risks, limits and unintended consequences.

“I find the research increasingly compelling — this week's example being a case in point: www.nature.com/articles/d41... I look forward to reading your book and having these concerns placed in the context of earlier technological transitions and their attend…”

Questions & unknowns

1 expert

What remains unresolved or contested.

“What a surprise ….. “Is AI ruining our skills? Early results are in — and they’re not good Reliance on artificial-intelligence tools degrades the abilities of physicians and software engineers, studies show.” www.nature.com/articles/d41...”

2 experts discussed this · 6 posts
Edouard Machery: The literature on cognitive offloading and deskilling should be taken with a serious grain of salt. See literature on video games in the 1980s, see Haidt style literature on social media. The last …
Alondra Nelson: I find the research increasingly compelling — this week's example being a case in point: www.nature.com/articles/d41... I look forward to reading your book and having these concerns placed in the c…
Edouard Machery: The issue, in my opinion, is publication bias and p-hacking. The literature is clearly titled toward finding negative effects - this is what gets in the news etc. As a result I don’t think we can t…
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Established AI field signal Signal 4d ago

Ai ban schools nyc

10 experts across 5 network communities independently surfaced this.

10 experts 5 communities 1 sources clustered
Luke Stark Eileen Clancy 🧿 Larry Hunter Charles Logan Amanda Tepski Stephen Turner Evangelos Kazakos Jeff Sharlet +2

“"'The fact that this policy exists at all is due to the enormous work of parents across the city who spoke out against the overreach of A.I. into their kids’ classroom,” @kellyclancy.bsky.social said."”

“Meanwhile in New York www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/n...”

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Established AI field signal Analysis 4d ago
⚡ 7 h early
AI detection tools accuracy review

AI-detection tools have made huge leaps forward — how good are they?

4 experts across 4 network communities independently surfaced this.

4 experts 4 communities 1 sources clustered
Will Oremus Scott McGrath sorelle Stephen Turner

“For anyone interested in a less juicy (zero burps) but more evidence-based assessment of Pangram's workings and accuracy, I highly recommend this @nature.com piece by @miryamnaddaf.bsky.social & @richvn.bsky.social: www.nature.com/articles/d41...”

“AI detectors now claim 99% accuracy. However, we still are struggling with AI norms, what degree of AI assistance is OK, or is it ever OK? We still haven't settled what degree should be deemed acceptable (a hard line 0%, <50%, higher?) and in what context (…”

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Established AI field signal Signal 3d ago

Can ai help solve peer review crisis here are its promises and pitfalls

3 experts across 2 network communities independently surfaced this.

3 experts 2 communities 1 sources clustered
Scott McGrath Stephen Turner Tom Hope

“🧪 We are staring down a crisis with peer-review. Editors needed 4.5 invitations to secure a single peer reviewer in 2025, double the effort required back in 2018. Meanwhile, we have half of surveyed scientists admit to using AI to draft their reviews. This …”

“Enjoyed being interviewed by @jeffreybrainard.bsky.social @science.org on AI for scientific novelty assessment—a problem that is still unsolved by SOTA LLMs in my experience. Stay tuned for more on this! www.science.org/content/arti...”

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Established AI field signal Analysis 5d ago
⚡ 10 h early
AI homogenizes human thinking Nature essay

Bland new world: is AI making us all think the same?

2 directory members surfaced this signal.

2 experts 2 communities 1 sources clustered
Stephen Turner Social Media Lab

“I use AI frequently but my god I'd do anything to read English instead of Claudish for a single day across my emails, assignments, socials, Substackistan, academic literature, product announcements, etc. www.nature.com/articles/d41...”

“Bland new world: is AI making us all think the same? "Researchers worry that generative AI is homogenizing culture and cognition." www.nature.com/articles/d41...”

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Established AI research Analysis 6d ago
⚡ 27 h early
Atlantic society of cheats essay

A Society of Cheats

3 experts across 2 network communities independently surfaced this.

3 experts 2 communities 1 sources clustered
Marielza Frank Pasquale Stephen Turner
How the network is reacting Experts are approaching this through 2 distinct lenses.
Multiple readings

Concern & critique

1 expert

Risks, limits and unintended consequences.

“www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... "This is how communities tend to respond to crime waves: They beef up law enforcement. Surveillance widens, punishments stiffen, and legal codes expand to police behavior that was formerly restrained by customary norms of…”

Research & technical analysis

1 expert

Evidence, methods and technical implications.

““Squeaky-clean grammar, a superabundance of bullet points, and fairly robotic reiteration of facts rather than the pleasing lurch of original thinking”: “This is the horrid house style of AI-generated papers” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...”

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Developing Evaluation & benchmarks Analysis 2d ago
AI biosecurity benchmarks real-world risk

AI Biosecurity Benchmarks and Real-World Risk

1 directory member surfaced this signal.

1 expert 1 community 1 sources clustered
Stephen Turner

“I wrote a review on the state of AI and #biosecurity capabilities, evals, mitigations, and open questions. blog.stephenturner.us/p/ai-biosecu... TL;DR: Really great people at really great organizations are doing really great work at the intersection of AI a…”

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Debates gaining attention

What experts are discussing without an anchoring article

3 experts · 3 posts · 2d ago
Ethan Mollick Stephen Turner mackuba.eu
Ethan Mollick: One thing I have learned talking to lots of people about AI is that they can be both worried about the implications of AI and very excited about using AI themselves. I think people on this site ten…
Stephen Turner: One thing I have learned talking to lots of people about AI is that they can be both worried about the implications of AI and very excited about using AI themselves. I think people on this site ten…
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