the social club

I listen to podcasts sometimes. Every so often I catch a thought leader saying something flat-out wrong about a subject I know well.

Recently someone claimed ChatGPT lowers cognition. The study they cited (which I’ve read) was flawed and designed to guarantee that result.

When I raised this with the researchers, they publicly admitted they made that clear in the working paper. Yet the headline they pushed was essentially “ChatGPT makes you dummer.”

And once I catch something like that from researcher or podcasters, I start questioning everything else I’ve taken from them at face value. And at that point it’s no longer entertaining. It’s unsettling.

want to share that maybe i'm the dumb one...🤦🏻‍♂️ spelled dumber... dummer while trying to make a more serious point.👇🏼🤣