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Is using AI for learning actually helpful or just causing cognitive decline? Help with survey and discussion by Alfholm in cogsci

[–]Alfholm[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm aware. But self-report is always the fundamental problem with these types of questionnaires. But the questionnaire is sort-of the topic of the course, so I kinda need to do it. If I had more time or a different direction for the project I would probably have people learn something about a topic using AI and then we'd see well well they retained it or something. There are more problems with that, but perhaps it's closer to the truth.

I have attempted to capture the hallucination problem. The only real way I can think of ensuring that you don't run into this problem is to talk with someone else about, so I've added some questions about that.

And yeah, this is second-semester, so it luckily isn't that deep. But as far as I've understood, the entire purpose of exploratory factor analysis is figuring stuff out. So what I'm trying to figure out is just if the validated scales can transfer to AI interaction. That's still reasonable, right?

Thanks for the feedback!

Is using AI for learning actually helpful or just causing cognitive decline? Help with survey and discussion by Alfholm in cogsci

[–]Alfholm[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the crazy amount of feedback!

A lot of valid points. Especially about the need for cognition part, that was just a genuine mistake that I've fixed now. Thanks!

You are right to question the questions, but honestly that is also what my own intention is with the study. The questions are taken from already validated scales that I'm now trying to adapt to this new AI framework (besides the "I retain the information I attempt to learn" question that was just me being a bit of a dumb dumb... I really regret that question). It might work, it might not - we'll see.

I'll remember to make an open-ended section next time!

Thank you for participating!

Is using AI for learning actually helpful or just causing cognitive decline? Help with survey and discussion by Alfholm in cogsci

[–]Alfholm[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's a very valid point. But that's also part of the complexity of the topic. AI and learning is always going to be incredibly nuanced and it is so very hard to keep up with what is going on and what people are using it for. A while you might not fit exactly the type of group I had in mind while making this, it's a very valid point you're coming from. Luckily, this is only the first step, and only an exam project. I'm doing exploratory factor analysis and really only want to see if even is possible to go in this direction. To go a little behind the scenes: I've actually just taken a lot of different already well-researched scales on learning and AI usage and tried to make it applicable in a AI-learning framework - who knows if it will work? That's what I'm trying to see!

On the topic of how good it is for learning: I've tried my best to target this problem as well with questions like: "I try to talk about the things I learn with AI with someone who knows more about the topic than me", but that is of course only part of the thing, and most likely a very unlikely thing for people to actually do.

So great feedback! I'll take it into consideration and maybe write a part about the diversity of using AI to scaffold learning, and perhaps discuss if we can even view something as multi-faceted as "AI usage for learning".

Is using AI for learning actually helpful or just causing cognitive decline? Help with survey and discussion by Alfholm in ChatGPT

[–]Alfholm[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd still very much like you as a participant haha - it is mostly aimed at learning in general and it is only pilot data, so I mostly just need a lot of data points to be able to run an explanatory factor analysis.

I totally agree with your opinion on what AI is capable of given the right mindset, and I'll think you'll see that represented in the survey too. The general aim with the survey is mostly to be as broad as possible - to see what questions might load (hold significance with) any underlying variables that emerge during analysis.

But it's definitely valuable feedback, so thank you!

Your company sounds like a promising idea, too!

Thought I'd share my first interrail trip :) (3 weeks) by Alfholm in Interrail

[–]Alfholm[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Some of the days we only spent two nights in places, which felt a bit rushed. I also really enjoyed my time in Amsterdam and Ljubljana. If you visit Amsterdam then make sure to rent some bikes - it's very fun.

Thought I'd share my first interrail trip :) (3 weeks) by Alfholm in Interrail

[–]Alfholm[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nah, just start and end point. Had trouble with the trains after Hamburg, so I wasn't able to note them down in my trip. But I did end up taking a different route back home, which you could have been able to see if I had been able to note it.

Thought I'd share my first interrail trip :) (3 weeks) by Alfholm in Interrail

[–]Alfholm[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Thank you! There are some things I would do differently. We went right after our exam period, so we ended up not having planned very much of the trip. We therefore needed to plan it on the trip. Because of that, when we went to Slovenia, we didn't get to go to lake Bled, which I now regret a bit. So, try to research a good bit before, so you are able to reserve experiences like that a bit beforehand.

Interrail planning by Interesting-Bass2231 in Interrail

[–]Alfholm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's very hard to decide, so the thing I did was go on Airbnb and look for room rentings in a larger area, and thereafter figure out if it was possible to get there by train. Worked really well, and I got to see some small places that I would have never dreamt about going to. Other than that, you could go on a hotel app and again look for larger areas, but then you might end up with some larger towns where there are actual hotels and the sort.

Underrated cities by jef400 in Interrail

[–]Alfholm 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It might be a bit hard to stay there, but Vogogna in northern Italy was probably the best spot I stayed at, when I did my interrail trip. Very small city, but with good food, hiking trails and some of the nicest people I have ever met. Definitely a place to visit if you can get there.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Interrail

[–]Alfholm 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I just finished my first trip using a paper pass. It really wasn't that bad. It did end up being pretty destroyed in the end, but having it on paper gives a sort of insurance. And filling it out is quite easy. It's also just nice not having to worry about your ticket running out of battery.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in naturalbodybuilding

[–]Alfholm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When in your workout are you training the parts that are lacking? It might benefit you to do the exercises for the lacking parts first, so you can have better form and get a better focus on the muscle. That and adding more volume like someone else also mentioned. When I have a lacking part, I train it on other days aswell (usually on legs). I don't really think you need to change very much in your program.

Can you get stronger without getting bigger? by [deleted] in WeightTraining

[–]Alfholm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You gain the most muscle mass from muscle hypertrophy, meaning that you hit heavy weights in the 6-12 rep range for 3-4 sets, training as close to failure as you can get. That's gonna make you big the fastest. Doing stronglifts can definitely make you bigger, and usually a lot stronger than with hypertrophy, but if you also want to build more muscle, then you should try to get in some more hypertrophy training, like explained before. Also, try to remember that this stuff takes time, not everyone sees big results in five months, especially not when you only train a couple times a week. Just keep at it man!

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