we're COOKED cooked
brace for most people to be a lot less capable of basic communication and thinking skills, in addition to their profession
was already seeing this when I was teaching at Northeastern, only so much you can do when a student wants to spend six figures a year to not learn anything
“Massive numbers of students are going to emerge from university with degrees, and into the workforce, who are essentially illiterate…Both in the literal sense and in the sense of being historically illiterate and having no knowledge of their own culture, much less anyone else’s.”
Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through College
ChatGPT has unraveled the entire academic project.
May 7, 2025 13:35 this person is not the exception
the technodystopia is here
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i just don't get it. i have a massive (former gifted kid) fear of failure and i'd still rather fail at trying to learn than pass and have learned nothing because i used AI.
The good news is this makes those of us who *are capable* super mutants.
Since we're in a meritocracy, so I am told, I guess that also means we are more valuable and can now earn the big bucks now! Yes? Yes? No? ... No.
Somebody is working very hard to convince parents this is a good thing. A parent told me last year that this is great for students, as if they will transcend learning? & if they don't they'd fall behind. I cannot summarize their argument, because I didn't understand it, because it didn't make sense.
I also can't help but feel like we're not talking about how much school sucks. School sucks. College sucks. Writing essays sucks. So idk how anyone is supposed to convince students who rely on AI to stop 😂
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So i have a weird ass question.
Because I ran into this exact same logic when I was in school about the idea of taking a laptop or phone to take notes and being told that was like "no you can't don't even try".
Why is the assumption that it's being done for every class and not just the boring ones
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because I'm a game development instructor and my classes weren't a side topic they take under duress, but where they made games they want to make, were asked to do no more than the practical minimum of writing on their design and process they'd need to find real jobs in the field their degree is for
I've often wondered about my kids who are in college. They are very academic minded and reject using AI for anything. Are they going to be the exception when they enter the workforce?
The professors I work with already see their students using AI. For them, it's obvious they didn't write it.
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