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New Culture, work & education Development 2h ago
AI education meta-analyses audit finds flaws

39 meta-analyses, 39 positive findings: An audit finds serious flaws in research on AI in education

4 experts across 3 network communities independently surfaced this.

Why this matches Research & technical analysis reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Ben Williamson
“The research record on AI in education is already pretty appalling. And researchers just keep cranking up AI to do yet more meta-reviews that then recycle the findings of sloppy studies like this one. hechingerreport.org/proof-points...” evidence ↗
4 experts 3 communities 1 sources clustered
Mar Hicks Hypervisible Luke Stark Ben Williamson

“The research record on AI in education is already pretty appalling. And researchers just keep cranking up AI to do yet more meta-reviews that then recycle the findings of sloppy studies like this one. hechingerreport.org/proof-points...”

Primary source hechingerreport.org ↗
Developing Culture, work & education Research 1d ago
human AI creative writing collaboration paper

What Is the Role for Humans in Creative Writing? Creativity and Diversity in Human-AI Collaboration

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Why this matches Research & technical analysis reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · AI Firehose
“A study shows that adding a human to AI writing pipelines boosts diversity while preserving creativity, challenging the notion that AI can lead in creative processes. Human planning is essential, balancing creativity, diversity, and enjoyment in storytellin…” evidence ↗
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AI Firehose

“A study shows that adding a human to AI writing pipelines boosts diversity while preserving creativity, challenging the notion that AI can lead in creative processes. Human planning is essential, balancing creativity, diversity, and enjoyment in storytellin…”

Primary source arxiv.org ↗
Developing Culture, work & education Analysis 1d ago
AI education evidence production critique

The problem with evidence production on AI in education | code acts in education

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Why this matches Research & technical analysis reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Ben Williamson
“So bad are the meta-reviews of existing bad AIED research that there is now a whole genre of meta-meta-reviews of how bad AIED research is. AI in education has a *serious* research and evidence problem. And it shows few signs of being resolved. codeactsined…” evidence ↗
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Ben Williamson Social Media Lab

“So bad are the meta-reviews of existing bad AIED research that there is now a whole genre of meta-meta-reviews of how bad AIED research is. AI in education has a *serious* research and evidence problem. And it shows few signs of being resolved. codeactsined…”

Primary source codeactsineducation.wordpress.com ↗
Developing Culture, work & education Research 1d ago
goal-aware multi-agent long-horizon paper

Goal-Aware Dynamic Multi-Agent Collaboration for Long-Horizon Tasks

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Why this matches Research & technical analysis reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · AI Firehose
“A study unveils Goal-Aware Dynamic Multi-Agent Collaboration (GAD), enhancing LLM agents for complex tasks with goal awareness and dynamic collaboration. GAD outperforms traditional systems, improving task success and cutting computational costs. https://ar…” evidence ↗
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AI Firehose

“A study unveils Goal-Aware Dynamic Multi-Agent Collaboration (GAD), enhancing LLM agents for complex tasks with goal awareness and dynamic collaboration. GAD outperforms traditional systems, improving task success and cutting computational costs. https://ar…”

Primary source arxiv.org ↗
Developing Culture, work & education Research 1d ago
structural-test geometry world models paper

Structural-Test Geometry as an Inductive Bias for Partially Observable World Models

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Why this matches Research & technical analysis reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · AI Firehose
“A groundbreaking study reveals **quotient-preserving world models** that align latent geometries with structural tests, increasing planning success by 26.1 points in partially observable environments — a notable leap in navigating complex decision-making sp…” evidence ↗
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AI Firehose

“A groundbreaking study reveals **quotient-preserving world models** that align latent geometries with structural tests, increasing planning success by 26.1 points in partially observable environments — a notable leap in navigating complex decision-making sp…”

Primary source arxiv.org ↗
Developing Culture, work & education Analysis 1d ago
Simon's Rock anti-AI college proposal

Simon’s Rock Should Become the Anti-AI College

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Why this matches Research & technical analysis reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Jeff Sharlet
“I used to think I might be old enough to just ignore AI, as I have w/ lot of tech. It was my eldest, now 17, who opened my eyes and made me an ardent opponent. Now here they are with an AI proposal for their school, an early college, in the paper they co-fo…” evidence ↗
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Jeff Sharlet

“I used to think I might be old enough to just ignore AI, as I have w/ lot of tech. It was my eldest, now 17, who opened my eyes and made me an ardent opponent. Now here they are with an AI proposal for their school, an early college, in the paper they co-fo…”

Primary source simonsspectator.com ↗
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6 experts · 30 posts · 1d ago
Mar Hicks e.w. niedermeyer VE, cybersocial occult investigator Anthony Moser tweety fish Amy Hoy
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“this paper doesn't support your claim that software companies are cutting back on spending” evidence ↗
Multiple readings Questions & unknowns · 2 Concern & critique · 1 Research & technical analysis · 1
e.w. niedermeyer: AI slop is a supply side game-changer, so it's easy to focus there, but ultimately everything comes down to demand: will the public, in aggregate, be satisfied with slop or demand more? skeptics ha…
e.w. niedermeyer: covering cars you have to separate your personal taste from what the market demands, and that's hard when it comes down to something like slop restaurant menus... I find them viscerally off-putting…
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5 experts · 26 posts · 22h ago
Ben Recht Clément Canonne Suresh Venkatasubramanian Dashiell Joshua Grochow
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“And I don't think even current computer architectures (or models that get close to them) agree on linear time. Maybe quasilinear time is more robust?” evidence ↗
Multiple readings Questions & unknowns · 2 Concern & critique · 1 Research & technical analysis · 1
Clément Canonne: Of all the possibles takes on the claimed refutation of the Exponential Time Hypothesis, "it isn't a practical algorithm" is maybe the worst.
Clément Canonne: Just to be clear: there are many valid criticisms to make! But the fact that "the constant in the O(.) is big" is absurd. What's next, "most of maths is useless because real numbers don't actually …
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6 experts · 16 posts · 1d ago
Luke Stark Lilian Edwards Adam L Mary Branscombe Matt Darling Singularity's Bounty e/cc
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“And the fun thing is that even with diplomacy and taking the Prime Directive SERIOUSLY Lower Decks still had a lot of fun finding drama and suspense” evidence ↗
Multiple readings Concern & critique · 2 Research & technical analysis · 1 Questions & unknowns · 1
Matt Darling: Just like @liberalcurrents.com tbh.
Luke Stark: the thing i come back to, over and over--which stuff like LOWER DECKS got, and so much other latter-day trek has forgotten--is that the whole idea of trek is that they exist in a genuinely horrifyi…
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7 experts · 11 posts · 1d ago
Eugene Vinitsky Alexander Hoyle Alejandra Caraballo Colin tweety fish Mary Branscombe Matt Darling
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“You're conflating the position of extremists with the much more standard, measured take that AI will be transformative (which it already has been)” evidence ↗
Multiple readings Markets & investment · 2 Research & technical analysis · 2 Building & implementation · 1
Eugene Vinitsky: You're conflating the position of extremists with the much more standard, measured take that AI will be transformative (which it already has been)
tweety fish: “Predicted fifteen of the last one stock crashes” somewhat famously does not count as being good at prediction.
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