This is the language I put on all of my syllabi this year regarding the use of AI. At this point I don't see any reason to change it.
“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.
The ability to articulate one's distinctive perspective, backed up by good arguments and evidence, is not an inborn human trait...it must be cultivated by practice. Offloading the work of thinking to a machine will reduce the number of clear, critical thinkers in a polity. An authoritarian's dream.
Folks have asked if they can borrow or adapt this...100% yes.
May 7, 2025 13:47
