it really seems like every paper that I read about LLMs from the science-y side of academia goes something like "as you can see, our experimental data clearly show that LLMs are comically useless and/or harmful. in conclusion, we hope LLM researchers and engineers are inspired to think about making a plan to consider slight changes to what they're doing"
Oct 14, 2026, 7:27 PM@aparrish s/LLM/academic/ ;)
@aparrish "please don't pull our funding"
@aparrish There are three permitted uses of AI in the history program I'm in now; they are extremely minor (e.g. translate a word or phrase), you must declare and describe your AI use on a cover sheet required on every assignment, and we are constantly warned about LLMs making stuff up, particularly citations.
And yet universities talk up learning about AI as part of how a degree from them will help prepare you for the future. It is 100% about money; sure ain't about tools for knowledge.
@metagrrrl i wish i felt like i had the latitude to impose similar restrictions in my own classes (and my whole department tbh). but llms have a fierce hold on tech folks and even the "compromise" positions seem rooted in the assumption that there's a dam and it will eventually break