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Last year MIT Media Lab's study on cognitive debt resulting from AI tools shows that people who used one of AI tools, in this scenario ChatGPT, for writing and administrative tasks, had their own writing skills decreased, with lower task performance scores.

However, since AI tools often hallucinate and provide output, it creates higher motivation to train skills allowing journalists to analyze the output, cross-reference and research sources. This may result in growing need to upskill and work on self-improving other important skills in areas like research, fact-checking and discerning between reality and fiction.

https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/07/a-new-study-looks-at-the-skills-journalists-are-losing-and-gaining-because-of-ai-tools/

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #journalism #media #research #writing #factchecking #SelfImprovement #MITMediaLab

Last year MIT Media Lab's study on cognitive debt resulting from AI tools shows that people who used one of AI tools, in this scenario ChatGPT, for writing and administrative tasks, had their own writing skills decreased, with lower task performance scores.

However, since AI tools often hallucinate and provide output, it creates higher motivation to train skills allowing journalists to analyze the output, cross-reference and research sources. This may result in growing need to upskill and work on self-improving other important skills in areas like research, fact-checking and discerning between reality and fiction.

https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/07/a-new-study-looks-at-the-skills-journalists-are-losing-and-gaining-because-of-ai-tools/

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #journalism #media #research #writing #factchecking #SelfImprovement #MITMediaLab

Among them are #HastyPudding Institute president Andrew Farkas, physics professor Andrew Strominger and donor Gerald Chan. The #university of Harvard also took action against #MartinNowak by shutting down the Evolutionary Dynamics Program, which he had founded with funds from #Epstein. #JoichiIto, former director of the #MITMediaLab, ceased to be a visiting professor at Harvard

RE: https://masto.ai/@GhostOnTheHalfShell/116376819557050136

good interview with two good dudes who really know what they're talking about (@gilduran.com + david z morris) going through epstein's deep and persistent involvement with #bitcoin/#crypto from the very earliest days. (ICYMI epstein was sending emails about how one of his life goals was to make a lot of money in #virtualcurrency in 2009 just as bitcoin was invented, he met the core dev team in 2011, and he started paying all the developers' salaries ca. 2015).

epstein didn't really understand "the tech" but the #EpsteinFiles make it very clear he was miles ahead of all the 25 year old anarchist crypto bros he was emailing with as far as appreciating how crypto could be used for financial crimes like #moneylaundering.

there's a bunch of emails where Epstein advises some crypto bro about things like how to not pay taxes or how to avoid getting arrested for #moneylaundering or #BankSecrecyAct violations.

https://universeodon.com/@GhostOnTheHa[email protected]/116376819600204443

#blockchain #crypto #epsteinFiles #bitcoin #MIT #MITMediaLAb #mediaLab #epstein #uspol #coinbase #BankSecrecyAct

RE: https://masto.ai/@GhostOnTheHalfShell/116376819557050136

good interview with two good dudes who really know what they're talking about (@gilduran.com + david z morris) going through epstein's deep and persistent involvement with #bitcoin/#crypto from the very earliest days. (ICYMI epstein was sending emails about how one of his life goals was to make a lot of money in #virtualcurrency in 2009 just as bitcoin was invented, he met the core dev team in 2011, and he started paying all the developers' salaries ca. 2015).

epstein didn't really understand "the tech" but the #EpsteinFiles make it very clear he was miles ahead of all the 25 year old anarchist crypto bros he was emailing with as far as appreciating how crypto could be used for financial crimes like #moneylaundering.

there's a bunch of emails where Epstein advises some crypto bro about things like how to not pay taxes or how to avoid getting arrested for #moneylaundering or #BankSecrecyAct violations.

https://universeodon.com/@GhostOnTheHa[email protected]/116376819600204443

#blockchain #crypto #epsteinFiles #bitcoin #MIT #MITMediaLAb #mediaLab #epstein #uspol #coinbase #BankSecrecyAct

there's now a more mobile friendly version of my curated crypto #EpsteinFiles site.

https://michelcrypt4d4mus.github.io/epstein_text_messages/curated_mobile.html

larger screen versions are here: https://universeodon.com/@cryptadamist/116087096152752090

#crypto #Epstein #uspol #uspolitics #JeffreyEpstein #Trump #bitcoin #jeremyRubin #peterThiel #Scaramucci #SteveBannon #MAGA #orban #mandelson #BorisNikolic #billGates #MashaDrukova #cryptocurrency #blockchain #MIT #MediaLab #MITMediaLab #JoiIto #LarrySummers #BrockPierce

there's now a more mobile friendly version of my curated crypto #EpsteinFiles site.

https://michelcrypt4d4mus.github.io/epstein_text_messages/curated_mobile.html

larger screen versions are here: https://universeodon.com/@cryptadamist/116087096152752090

#crypto #Epstein #uspol #uspolitics #JeffreyEpstein #Trump #bitcoin #jeremyRubin #peterThiel #Scaramucci #SteveBannon #MAGA #orban #mandelson #BorisNikolic #billGates #MashaDrukova #cryptocurrency #blockchain #MIT #MediaLab #MITMediaLab #JoiIto #LarrySummers #BrockPierce

cleaned up and interlinked my collection of #EpsteinFiles sites where you can browse files of particular interest with color highlighting of interesting keywords

https://michelcrypt4d4mus.github.io/epstein_text_messages/

(these pages are not optimized for mobile)

#crypto #Epstein #uspol #uspolitics #JeffreyEpstein #Trump #bitcoin #jeremyRubin #peterThiel #Scaramucci #SteveBannon #MAGA #orban #mandelson #BorisNikolic #billGates #MashaDrukova #cryptocurrency #blockchain #MIT #MediaLab #MITMediaLab #JoiIto #LarrySummers #BrockPierce

cleaned up and interlinked my collection of #EpsteinFiles sites where you can browse files of particular interest with color highlighting of interesting keywords

https://michelcrypt4d4mus.github.io/epstein_text_messages/

(these pages are not optimized for mobile)

#crypto #Epstein #uspol #uspolitics #JeffreyEpstein #Trump #bitcoin #jeremyRubin #peterThiel #Scaramucci #SteveBannon #MAGA #orban #mandelson #BorisNikolic #billGates #MashaDrukova #cryptocurrency #blockchain #MIT #MediaLab #MITMediaLab #JoiIto #LarrySummers #BrockPierce

#tempo #mitmedialab Frenesia Moderna: Quando la Lentezia Diventa Rivoluzionaria

https://www.notizie.buzz/articles/2026/01/28/frenesia-moderna-quando-la-lentezia-diventa-rivoluzionaria.html

@touaregtweet there's some very interesting emails in the nov. #EpsteinFiles where Joi Ito (head of the #MIT #MediaLab at the time) emails Epstein in a panic about the fact that Obama had announced an initiative to track down the wealth of #Putin and other russian #oligarchs.

https://michelcrypt4d4mus.github.io/epstein_text_messages/#:~:text=HOUSE%5FOVERSIGHT%5F028849

#JoiIto #MITMediaLab #uspol

@touaregtweet there's some very interesting emails in the nov. #EpsteinFiles where Joi Ito (head of the #MIT #MediaLab at the time) emails Epstein in a panic about the fact that Obama had announced an initiative to track down the wealth of #Putin and other russian #oligarchs.

https://michelcrypt4d4mus.github.io/epstein_text_messages/#:~:text=HOUSE%5FOVERSIGHT%5F028849

#JoiIto #MITMediaLab #uspol

behold, a table showing all the names that appear in the epstein emails from the november document dump (including some redacted parties i was able to unredact) along with a brief explanation of who they are.

plain webpage version of the table is here: https://michelcrypt4d4mus.github.io/epstein_text_messages/all_emails_epstein_files_nov_2025.html

#EpsteinFiles #Epstein #JeffreyEpstein #uspol #trump #israel #EhudBarak #GhislaineMaxwell #JoiIto #MITMediaLab

behold, a table showing all the names that appear in the epstein emails from the november document dump (including some redacted parties i was able to unredact) along with a brief explanation of who they are.

plain webpage version of the table is here: https://michelcrypt4d4mus.github.io/epstein_text_messages/all_emails_epstein_files_nov_2025.html

#EpsteinFiles #Epstein #JeffreyEpstein #uspol #trump #israel #EhudBarak #GhislaineMaxwell #JoiIto #MITMediaLab

For the #EpsteinFiles curious among you, I really do recommend you read the man's text messages. Especially the text messages to/from Epstein's bestie #SteveBannon. While you're there you can also read about how Jeffrey Epstein was funding the #bitcoin core development team starting from around 2015 at #MIT (possibly until his death).

Also made some improvements to the Epstein text messages page:

- Highlighted important names ("trump", "jabor", "brock", "#bitcoin", "#SaudiArabia", "#Israel", etc)

- Deanonymized (with help) as many of the #Epstein emails as I could manage based on various kinds of clues, including the signature lines.

- Added an "Other Files" section at the bottom with preview text + links to raw files that are neither emails nor iMessage log files.

- Various other forms of analysis (common signatures, author counts, etc)

i'm really enjoying posting screenshots of Bannon inviting Epstein to the movies on Bannon's insane right wing War Room tweets. his audience Really Does Not Like the fact that the two were so close and communicated so much.

* Site: https://michelcrypt4d4mus.github.io/epstein_text_messages/
* Post about some of the more alarming things in the Bannon / Epstein discussions: https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/i-made-epsteins-text-messages-great

#EpsteinFiles #uspol #Bannon #WarRoom #uspolitics #Trump #MAGA #MBS #middleEast #Gaza #EhudBarak #Mossad #Netanyahu #bitcoin #BTC #crypto #cryptocurrency #Jabor #LarrySummers #WoodyAllen #michaelWolff #MITMediaLab #MediaLab #Harvard

For the #EpsteinFiles curious among you, I really do recommend you read the man's text messages. Especially the text messages to/from Epstein's bestie #SteveBannon. While you're there you can also read about how Jeffrey Epstein was funding the #bitcoin core development team starting from around 2015 at #MIT (possibly until his death).

Also made some improvements to the Epstein text messages page:

- Highlighted important names ("trump", "jabor", "brock", "#bitcoin", "#SaudiArabia", "#Israel", etc)

- Deanonymized (with help) as many of the #Epstein emails as I could manage based on various kinds of clues, including the signature lines.

- Added an "Other Files" section at the bottom with preview text + links to raw files that are neither emails nor iMessage log files.

- Various other forms of analysis (common signatures, author counts, etc)

i'm really enjoying posting screenshots of Bannon inviting Epstein to the movies on Bannon's insane right wing War Room tweets. his audience Really Does Not Like the fact that the two were so close and communicated so much.

* Site: https://michelcrypt4d4mus.github.io/epstein_text_messages/
* Post about some of the more alarming things in the Bannon / Epstein discussions: https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/i-made-epsteins-text-messages-great

#EpsteinFiles #uspol #Bannon #WarRoom #uspolitics #Trump #MAGA #MBS #middleEast #Gaza #EhudBarak #Mossad #Netanyahu #bitcoin #BTC #crypto #cryptocurrency #Jabor #LarrySummers #WoodyAllen #michaelWolff #MITMediaLab #MediaLab #Harvard

Bad brainwaves: ChatGPT makes you stupid

In a new study, MIT Media Lab measured 55 people over four months on how well they could write an essay — either with ChatGPT, with a search engine, or just their unassisted brain. The researchers hooked them to an EEG to see which parts of their brains were active or not. [arXiv, PDF] The […]

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/16/bad-brainwaves-chatgpt-makes-you-stupid/
#Education #Papers #ChatGPT #MITMediaLab #AIisGoingGreat

〝Pritzker prize-winning Architect Fumihiko Maki, who died last week at the age of 95, was known worldwide for combining sharp angles with floating forms. He employed both for the Media Lab's iconic Building E14—an extension of the original Media Lab building designed by I.M. Pei.〞

https://www.media.mit.edu/posts/fumihiko-maki/

#MIT #history #MITMediaLab #architecture #history #campus #design #CambridgeMA #Boston

〝Pritzker prize-winning Architect Fumihiko Maki, who died last week at the age of 95, was known worldwide for combining sharp angles with floating forms. He employed both for the Media Lab's iconic Building E14—an extension of the original Media Lab building designed by I.M. Pei.〞

https://www.media.mit.edu/posts/fumihiko-maki/

#MIT #history #MITMediaLab #architecture #history #campus #design #CambridgeMA #Boston

The visionary #TNC24 closing keynote from Nataliya Kosmyna, (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) gave us a glimpse into the future 👀

We heard about interactions between artificial intelligence and human intelligence, devices & robots controlled by brain waves, new ways of interfacing with computers for the betterment of humanity! Additionally, she highlighted the paramount role of infrastructure in enabling the work of #researchers.

#Innovation #AI #MITMediaLab

The visionary #TNC24 closing keynote from Nataliya Kosmyna, (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) gave us a glimpse into the future 👀

We heard about interactions between artificial intelligence and human intelligence, devices & robots controlled by brain waves, new ways of interfacing with computers for the betterment of humanity! Additionally, she highlighted the paramount role of infrastructure in enabling the work of #researchers.

#Innovation #AI #MITMediaLab

EmTech Digital 2024: A thoughtful look at AI’s pros and cons with minimal hype - Enlarge / Nathan Benaich of Air Street Capital delivers the opening pre... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2026462 #mittechnologyreview #machinelearning #melissaheikkilä #emtechdigital #mitmedialab #mathonan #biz⁢ #mit #ai

EmTech Digital 2024: A thoughtful look at AI’s pros and cons with minimal hype - Enlarge / Nathan Benaich of Air Street Capital delivers the opening pre... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2026462 #mittechnologyreview #machinelearning #melissaheikkilä #emtechdigital #mitmedialab #mathonan #biz⁢ #mit #ai

"...the real culprit is a political and economic system that puts profit above all else, and a society that is willing to let workers be mistreated."
Robots Aren't Coming for Your Job...the System Is
- Dr. Kate Darling, #MITmedialab
https://www.pressreader.com/uk/focus-science-and-technology/20230511/282011856675441

"...the real culprit is a political and economic system that puts profit above all else, and a society that is willing to let workers be mistreated."
Robots Aren't Coming for Your Job...the System Is
- Dr. Kate Darling, #MITmedialab
https://www.pressreader.com/uk/focus-science-and-technology/20230511/282011856675441

SERC starting ...
#MIT #MITMediaLab #CambridgeMA #Boston

@hydroponictrash

This is a cool post #SugarTablet #MITMediaLab #Chromebook #education option for #Africa #educators #Upcycling ♻️📖📚👍

@hydroponictrash

This is a cool post #SugarTablet #MITMediaLab #Chromebook #education option for #Africa #educators #Upcycling ♻️📖📚👍

At #mitmedialab they are teaching conversational #AI: http://arxiv.org/abs/2212.07542
They provide all the tools to build a bot, including a #machinelearning pipeline that uses DistilBERT: a #transformer-based language model #languagemodels trained with much less data.

They say it is going to be open-sourced. Looking forward to it!

At #mitmedialab they are teaching conversational #AI: http://arxiv.org/abs/2212.07542
They provide all the tools to build a bot, including a #machinelearning pipeline that uses DistilBERT: a #transformer-based language model #languagemodels trained with much less data.

They say it is going to be open-sourced. Looking forward to it!

Butlr Technologies, developing anonymous people sensors, inks $7.9M seed round - A new $7.9 million seed round boosts Butlr Technologies’ ability to apply its real... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/WV-BL8O8EJ4/ #butlrtechnologies #foundercollective #wirelesssensors #recentfunding #500startups #honghaodeng #mitmedialab #scottbelsky #realestate #hyperplane #ericpaley #jianizeng #unionlabs #startups #funding #privacy #saas #sosv #tc

Michael Hawley, Programmer, Professor and Pianist, Dies at 58 - A man of manifold interests, his achievements ranged from developing ideas behind the so-called In... more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/24/technology/michael-hawley-dead.html #massachusettsinstituteoftechnology #computersandtheinternet #deaths(obituaries) #hawleymichael #mitmedialab #nextinc

Join us June 3 for a contact tracing and exposure notification app development and deployment forum - Exposure notification and contact tracing are two related but distinct measures many public health a... more: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/OSLblYG2cms/ #chiefexecutiveofficer #andrewmclaughlin #jonathanzittrain #contacttracing #publichealth #unitedstates #danielburka #mitmedialab #harperreed #technology #whitehouse #articles #chairman #director #harvard #health #leader #tc

Open Agriculture Initiative Shuttered Amid Scandal - The MIT Media Lab’s Open Agriculture Initiative (OpenAg) promised to revolutionize urban farming wit... more: https://hackaday.com/2020/05/21/open-agriculture-initiative-shuttered-amid-scandal/ #agriculture #mitmedialab #greenhacks #farming #openag #news #mit

How to Grow (Almost) Anything - An off-shoot of the infamous “How to Make (Almost) Anything” course at the Massachusetts Institute o... more: https://hackaday.com/2020/01/18/how-to-grow-almost-anything/ #mitmedialab #science #biology #classes #botany

M.I.T. Media Lab, Already Rattled by the Epstein Scandal, Has a New Worry - Former researchers for a “food computer” initiative at the lab say the project’s leader misled out... more: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/22/business/media/mit-media-lab-food-computer.html?emc=rss&partner=rss #laboratoriesandscientificequipment #massachusettsinstituteoftechnology #epsteinjeffreye(1953-) #agricultureandfarming #cambridge(mass) #foodcomputer #mitmedialab #harpercaleb #itojoichi

“Am I as brave as I think I am?” MIT Media Lab student Arwa Mboya on the aftermath of a scandal - It’s been another hard week at MIT. Our campus has been divided by revelations of inappropriate fund... more: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/Te-nzEmPmzc/ #massachusettsinstituteoftechnology #socialjustice #mitmedialab #government #techethics #education #arwamboya #equality #policy #ethics #joiito #media #mit #tc

SexTech, Kobalt, sales efficiency, philanthropy and ethics, Brexit, and startup growth tactics - Tech startups want to destigmatize sex
Sex, despite being one of the most fundamental human experien... more: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/N4AHk5Lm3I4/ #theextracrunchdaily #cyan-banister #julianshapiro #stormventures #foundersfund #mitmedialab #arwamboya #paulbrest #o.school #brexit #kobalt #hired

The MIT Media Lab controversy and getting back to ‘radical courage’, with Media Lab student Arwa Mboya - People win prestigious prizes in tech all the time, but there is something different about The Bold ... more: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/Vl5pD8jlkvM/ #massachusettsinstituteoftechnology #thenewyorktimes #jeffreyepstein #philanthropy #thenewyorker #barackobama #mitmedialab #socialmedia #government #billgates #medialab #lawsuit #nairobi #policy #talent #africa #ethics

Joi Ito resigns as MIT Media Lab head in wake of Jeffrey Epstein reporting - Joichi Ito, the embattled director of the M.I.T. Media Lab, has stepped down according to a statemen... more: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/VVWtu3aK48w/ #mitmedialab #personnel #joiito #mit

2 Prominent Academics to Cut Ties to M.I.T. Media Lab Over Epstein Link - The academics, Ethan Zuckerman and J. Nathan Matias, said they were protesting the institute’s con... more: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/21/business/media/mit-jeffrey-epstein.html?emc=rss&partner=rss #massachusettsinstituteoftechnology #epsteinjeffreye(1953-) #zuckermanethan #minskymarvin #mitmedialab #itojoichi

MIT develops a sensor that can work underwater without a battery and send back data - MIT researchers have created a new underwater sensor and communication system that doesn’t require b... more: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/EjnitgpyD_c/ #mitmedialab #articles #universe #science #energy #space #mit #tc

Huawei says US ban will cost it $30B in lost revenue - Following a string of trade restrictions from the U.S., China’s telecoms equipment and smartphone ma... more: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/y7p-SFx7mHc/ #nicholasnegroponte #telecommunications #operatingsystem #chinamobile #mitmedialab #renzhengfei #smartphone #android #mobile #huawei #china #asia #5g