Post #1984982
2026-05-04 21:42 UTC
@elizayer Not to undercut the point that it's just a toxic industry burning through enthusiastic people, but studies have actually found the same effect on more general tasks.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-algorithmic-mind/202603/adults-lose-skills-to-ai-children-never-build-them
And then there's the persistence issue.
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2604.04721
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@elizayer@mastodon.social 2026-05-04 22:28
@jcolag Appreciate the studies! And yes, I don't think it undercuts the point at all... For me studies like these mimic the work world quite effectively, in that the tasks have no downstream consequence and there's no reason the subject should care about producing quality work. It's compelling that LLMs do increase deskilling as one does pointless work. But I'd still say it's still the violence of dissociating people from meaning in the workplace that is the real problem!