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In reply to the discussion: A CNN article says some students at Yale now can't even talk in class without using ChatGPT to coach them [View all]
oldsoldierfadingfast
(273 posts)4. The old saying...
'If you don't use it, you loose it' applies to the brain too.
I know. as I have lost so much - but at least, I waited until I was old and with life's major responsibilities behind me.
What will happen when these supposedly educated people have to start 'thinking on their feet" with no time to check their smart phones?
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A CNN article says some students at Yale now can't even talk in class without using ChatGPT to coach them [View all]
highplainsdem
Sunday
OP
Some of the richest companies on Earth are spending all they can to hype AI and pressure people
highplainsdem
20 hrs ago
#36
We're also losing potential artists who will not follow their dreams and develop their talents because
highplainsdem
20 hrs ago
#38
And those Yale students at least got through high school, or most of the way through it, before AI use
highplainsdem
Yesterday
#5
AI is dumbing down adults quickly, too. There've been studies of doctors and software engineers and
highplainsdem
19 hrs ago
#41
That has to be incredibly frustrating for you. Do the students listen if you tell them they're just
highplainsdem
19 hrs ago
#42
Those supposedly educated people will be addicted consumers of AI, victims of learned helplessness,
highplainsdem
19 hrs ago
#43
Most of the teachers I've talked to tried to stop it. School admins were pressured by AI companies, or
highplainsdem
Yesterday
#8
Only because you are there watching them read the essays and create the response.
Intractable
Yesterday
#14
I'm sorry that you don't understand what people can do with AI today, let alone tomorrow.
Intractable
21 hrs ago
#28
The only way you can prevent the students from using AI is when you are standing over them.
Intractable
17 hrs ago
#48
I'm an AI hater and I don't see how there's no way they couldn't use AI unless they're doing all this in front of you.
WhiskeyGrinder
22 hrs ago
#24
The crux is "To prevent the use of AI, the professor has to monitor the writing of the paper."
Intractable
5 hrs ago
#59
I agree. I didn't expect AI use in school to result this quickly in students thinking they need AI to tell
highplainsdem
18 hrs ago
#45
Exactly,... Artificial Intelligence is a Mega-MAGA Zombie factory in disguise.
magicarpet
14 hrs ago
#52
Prof. Kingsfield from the "Paper Chase" would destroy these students should they later decide to attend Harvard Law
andym
Yesterday
#21
Not clickbait at all. It was written by a young person, a Yale student. And there's been more and more
highplainsdem
20 hrs ago
#33
It's nothing at all like the kids-using-litterboxes RW propaganda stories. It fits in with news stories and
highplainsdem
20 hrs ago
#35
Isn't that RW conspiracy theory bizarre? I don't understand why ruet would compare this news story
highplainsdem
14 hrs ago
#53