A good heuristic test of correlation vs causation in headlines: flip the dependent and independent variable and see which explanation sounds more reasonable.
Heavy llm chat usage leads to loneliness | or | Loneliness leads to heavy chat usage.
To my eye the second seems far more likely than the first.
Heavy llm chat usage leads to loneliness | or | Loneliness leads to heavy chat usage.
To my eye the second seems far more likely than the first.