This has always been their game to an extent tbh, they've just gotten more subtle about it after the original steam machines cratered on launch

it's not good for anybody to be referred to as a genius or wizard; they may come to think they are an actual genius or wizard

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Here's the groundwork, yall's gut instinct is correct here

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At minimum, appears unsubstantiated and super fishy

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This appears unsubstantiated if not false; please check your sources before reposting image-based "news"

Frustrating for sure :/

I mean, given the usage patterns, it makes a cynical sort of sense. If I remember correctly, there was a chart going around a while back that showed ChatGPT engagement dropping drastically over the summer, then going right back to normal as classes picked up in the fall :/

@pelicanmerchant.bsky.social Found a few:
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brb digging up a thread from someone more qualified than me to comment (my background is CS)

TL;DR: The study makes lots of claims that sound plausible in plain English (e.g. "AI reliance worsens critical thinking"), but are very silly when you look closer (subjects allegedly experienced brain deterioration from a brief experimental session??)

This could never have been foreseen,

There's lots of alternatives available if you're looking for that style of hosting! Options that come to mind include NeoCities (a successor platform that I've seen a few friends make good use of) and GitHub Pages (which can be more technically demanding, but is very flexible).

mfw I misread the top post as "don't starve together" and, having never played the game, had to sit there and wonder why they added in-depth weight-based chicken microwaving

Understandable, yeah it's bloody exhausting

...is the "rich people" part actually controversial, or am I just too midwestern not to see it?

if IRL community isn't safe or possible, topical/hobbyist online communities can be a workable stopgap. we're all very much out there, and you're not alone, so please hang in there

I know this is easier said than done, but this is very much a sign-tapping moment for "find some community IRL if at all possible"
social media platforms are very good at amplifying the above discourse to unreasonable degrees, most (trans) people are simply normal about it and accept differences

there's probably some room for semantic debate there, but it definitely falls under the umbrella of "not fucking cool", which is enough for it to be not fucking cool

I'm kinda floored that any punishment was meted out at all, and even then it's so woefully insufficient for what they've done :(