Yeah, I tried to use it a bit for my own mid-30’s MSc, and it was useful in the sense that it produced a terrible paragraph with some structure which I could then viciously edit into something new - decent at fixing grammar and finding words-for-things though. But that’s not too different from my earlier method of “just mash keys wildly and passionately and then go back over to edit out the sedition and most of the swearing”.
The making up sources thing was interesting however, because what it reaaaaally did was put me onto the trick of following up the sources of my enemies, which very often revealed the dishonest cherry picking and outright misrepresentation involved, even in pretty Serious Works.
As an aside I do think it’s good to get some experience with an LLM’s output even if - especially if - you’re against them, because it gives you a sense for them. I hear a very distinct and kinda annoying “chirpy ironic” voice in my head when reading LLM output, from my subconscious doing the analysis. Not totally reliable, I’m sure, but feels helpful.
Corvids are smart and have some kind of active shared education, so they’re always quite skittish around humans. I suspect (with no evidence or research) that they sense the cultural enmity humans have, and possibly remember the long history of “pest control” (which still happens on farms). They’ll eventually learn that you’re a cool human.
One way I feed them is to show them the food, then place it somewhere visible like on a post or stump, and back away to let them choose to take it. Throwing motions startle them pretty easily, even when they’re very gentle.