Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task This study explores the neural and behavioral consequences of LLM-assisted essay writing. Participants were divided into three groups: LLM, Search Engine, and Brain-only (no tools). Each completed thr...

"Over four months, LLM users consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioral levels."

arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872

Nine Rules for Scientific Libraries in Rust How to Build Scientific Libraries that are Correct, Usable, and Fast

medium.com/@carlmkadie/...

Whenever I notice LLMs being "not great" at Rust, it's because they're trying to write, JS or Go, but in Rust. Which is.. the same reason why a lot of humans are having a bad time with Rust 🙃 — writing types first, then stub functions, then tests, then implementation, that's a happier way.

Cheat-proof random numbers generated from quantum entanglement A quantum random-number generator has been developed that uses classical cryptography to certify that its output was produced by a quantum process.

A quantum random-number generator has been developed that uses classical cryptography to certify that its output was produced by a quantum process

https://go.nature.com/44eyTZm

How do I choose a principal investigator for my next postdoc? A computer scientist is struggling to trust their postdoctoral research adviser after negative experiences with the previous two. How do you find one that’s right for you?

My advice for finding a good postdoc mentor as a job-seeker: look for someone who's trying to find an interesting collaborator.

My advice for hiring good postdocs as a PI: look for someone who's trying to find an interesting collaborator.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Internal email bullshit