In addition to this absurd chart, the article is full of Daily Mail/CSJ tropes (confusing "benefits" with all state spending, talking about "work incentives" while ignoring fact PIP is non-means tested, etc, etc). Inexcusable from FT.

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That is, learn how to think clearly and critically. As @annawexler.bsky.social says so well here: Fluent writing, which once used to be a strong covariate of clear thinking, is no longer a signal for that.

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Thank you for doing the good and deep work in a time when shallowness threatens to wash us all away in a tidal wave of superficial understandings.

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We are doing our best to make informed plans.

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My lab’s response to the rise of LLMs over the past three or so years has not been to churn out larger numbers of papers. It has been to push that churn away and focus on artisanal production of a few science ideas and manuscripts (as we did before). I hope that turns out to be the right decision!

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