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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]
highplainsdem
(62,284 posts)33. Not clickbait at all. It was written by a young person, a Yale student. And there's been more and more
evidence that AI dumbs down and deskills even adults, with young people not gaining the skills in the first place.
What was new in this article was students admitting they and their classmates often need AI to feel confident even talking in class.
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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
13 hrs ago
OP
Some of the richest companies on Earth are spending all they can to hype AI and pressure people
highplainsdem
3 hrs ago
#36
We're also losing potential artists who will not follow their dreams and develop their talents because
highplainsdem
3 hrs ago
#38
"I want to comment, and I have this concept, but I don't know how to formulate the sentence myself."
PeaceWave
13 hrs ago
#3
And those Yale students at least got through high school, or most of the way through it, before AI use
highplainsdem
12 hrs ago
#5
AI is dumbing down adults quickly, too. There've been studies of doctors and software engineers and
highplainsdem
3 hrs ago
#41
That has to be incredibly frustrating for you. Do the students listen if you tell them they're just
highplainsdem
2 hrs ago
#42
Those supposedly educated people will be addicted consumers of AI, victims of learned helplessness,
highplainsdem
2 hrs ago
#43
Most of the teachers I've talked to tried to stop it. School admins were pressured by AI companies, or
highplainsdem
12 hrs ago
#8
Only because you are there watching them read the essays and create the response.
Intractable
11 hrs ago
#14
I'm sorry that you don't understand what people can do with AI today, let alone tomorrow.
Intractable
5 hrs ago
#28
The only way you can prevent the students from using AI is when you are standing over them.
Intractable
1 hr 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
5 hrs ago
#24
I agree. I didn't expect AI use in school to result this quickly in students thinking they need AI to tell
highplainsdem
2 hrs ago
#45
Prof. Kingsfield from the "Paper Chase" would destroy these students should they later decide to attend Harvard Law
andym
9 hrs ago
#21
Not clickbait at all. It was written by a young person, a Yale student. And there's been more and more
highplainsdem
4 hrs ago
#33
It's nothing at all like the kids-using-litterboxes RW propaganda stories. It fits in with news stories and
highplainsdem
3 hrs ago
#35