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48. The only way you can prevent the students from using AI is when you are standing over them.

Mon Apr 6, 2026, 11:09 AM

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I have a master's degree in technology studies. I am a retired technical writer.

Your insults merely show your own frustration in this matter.

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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

Jfc. SheltieLover Sunday #1

No doubt. This stuff is scary. Talk about dumbing people down! n/t PatrickforB Yesterday #7

For sure! And many people go for it! SheltieLover Yesterday #9

Some of the richest companies on Earth are spending all they can to hype AI and pressure people highplainsdem Yesterday #36

Yale is like an Olympic training camp for the mind tinrobot Sunday #2

We're also losing potential artists who will not follow their dreams and develop their talents because highplainsdem Yesterday #38

LOL!!!! valleyrogue Yesterday #44

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Sunday #3

And those Yale students at least got through high school, or most of the way through it, before AI use highplainsdem Yesterday #5

I think the dumbing-down occurs fairly quickly EYESORE 9001 Yesterday #40

AI is dumbing down adults quickly, too. There've been studies of doctors and software engineers and highplainsdem Yesterday #41

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave 19 hrs ago #55

Yup. Straw Man Yesterday #20

So it is working to perfection then misanthrope Yesterday #22

That has to be incredibly frustrating for you. Do the students listen if you tell them they're just highplainsdem Yesterday #42

Bold of you to assume their handwriting would be legible NickB79 18 hrs ago #56

The old saying... oldsoldierfadingfast Sunday #4

Wat ar u talkin about! FHRRK1 Yesterday #10

Those supposedly educated people will be addicted consumers of AI, victims of learned helplessness, highplainsdem Yesterday #43

Shame on educators allowing this. chowder66 Yesterday #6

Most of the teachers I've talked to tried to stop it. School admins were pressured by AI companies, or highplainsdem Yesterday #8

they'd never get away with this NJCher Yesterday #11

Only because you are there watching them read the essays and create the response. Intractable Yesterday #14

No way NJCher Yesterday #23

I'm sorry that you don't understand what people can do with AI today, let alone tomorrow. Intractable Yesterday #28

professors are given classes on this NJCher 22 hrs ago #46

The only way you can prevent the students from using AI is when you are standing over them. Intractable 22 hrs ago #48

observation, not an insult NJCher 20 hrs ago #51

I look forward to your response to WhiskeyGrinder. Intractable 19 hrs ago #54

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 Yesterday #24

will do NJCher 22 hrs ago #47

developing creativity in student essays NJCher 10 hrs ago #58

The crux is "To prevent the use of AI, the professor has to monitor the writing of the paper." Intractable 10 hrs ago #59

Not the case at all NJCher 7 hrs ago #60

This is blatantly dishonest. Intractable 4 hrs ago #62

And they're doing all of this in front of you? During class time? Producing nothing outside of class? WhiskeyGrinder 49 min ago #63

Some outside NJCher 35 min ago #64

I'm reminded of a Star Trek episode... BurnDoubt Yesterday #12

THIS is getting scary. calimary Yesterday #13

I agree. I didn't expect AI use in school to result this quickly in students thinking they need AI to tell highplainsdem 23 hrs ago #45

That's pitiful BeneteauBum Yesterday #15

Exactly,... Artificial Intelligence is a Mega-MAGA Zombie factory in disguise. magicarpet 19 hrs ago #52

Ugh Lemon Lyman Yesterday #16

Reknown or renown instead of renowned. LisaM Yesterday #18

I showed this to my friend, and him and I both agree with you. TheRickles Yesterday #27

The end of struggle and critical thinking. AllyCat Yesterday #17

Yale grads that'll wonder why nobody will hire them. n/t flvegan Yesterday #19

Prof. Kingsfield from the "Paper Chase" would destroy these students should they later decide to attend Harvard Law andym Yesterday #21

My senior thesis in 1979: no_hypocrisy Yesterday #25

I don't think anybody under the age of 60 could do that now. yardwork Yesterday #37

The dumbing down of America continues. Vinca Yesterday #26

Teenage Wasteland OC375 Yesterday #29

How long until the post-AI Renaissance then? BadgerKid Yesterday #30

The Dark Ages more like it. PeaceWave 6 hrs ago #61

Clickbait article Johnny2X2X Yesterday #31

Not clickbait at all. It was written by a young person, a Yale student. And there's been more and more highplainsdem Yesterday #33

Exactly jcboon Yesterday #34

Microsoft's own study.showed that AI dumbs users down: highplainsdem Yesterday #39

Sounds like bullshit to me. ruet Yesterday #32

It's nothing at all like the kids-using-litterboxes RW propaganda stories. It fits in with news stories and highplainsdem Yesterday #35

I had to Google your litterboxes reference. Now I'm like WTF?! PeaceWave 20 hrs ago #50

Isn't that RW conspiracy theory bizarre? I don't understand why ruet would compare this news story highplainsdem 19 hrs ago #53

My wife has changed her tactics. Happy Hoosier 22 hrs ago #49

What did she do to the cheater? NickB79 18 hrs ago #57