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Re:Brain activity much lower when using AI chatbots, MIT bof... by fxtentacle on Thursday June 19, 2025 @08:18AM (#44317947)
... because nobody else uses "boffins" as a positive word anymore.
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Re:Brain activity much lower when using AI chatbots, MIT bof... by OJFord on Thursday June 19, 2025 @08:46AM (#44318163)
Where are you from? In the UK I'd say it's uncommon but positive. The abbreviation 'boff' is mildly perjorative, but I haven't heard that since school (i.e. 'grade school'), I suppose since at some point around puberty it stops being insulting to say someone's clever.
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Re:Brain activity much lower when using AI chatbots, MIT bof... by tempodox on Thursday June 19, 2025 @09:41AM (#44318609)
You may have had unsuccessful support for your thesis here:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44318264

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Re:Brain activity much lower when using AI chatbots, MIT bof... by SirFatty on Thursday June 19, 2025 @08:46AM (#44318161)
Because no one else uses "boffins" in tech headline.

e.g. "UK gov asks university boffins to pinpoint cyber growth areas where it should splash cash"

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Re:Brain activity much lower when using AI chatbots, MIT bof... by JdeBP on Thursday June 19, 2025 @08:58AM (#44318286)
On the contrary, there are uses of "boffins" for "tech" articles in U.K. tabloids such as The Sun, The Daily Star, and The Daily Mirror within the past 3 days alone.

It looks like the request from 2023 fell on deaf ears.

* https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44318264

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Re:Brain activity much lower when using AI chatbots, MIT bof... by SirFatty on Thursday June 19, 2025 @03:22PM (#44321693)
"ain't I somethin?"
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