Generative AI has destroyed academia.
In the next few decades we’re going to have thousands of people who don’t really know anything, and can’t do any critical thinking.
ChatGPT has unraveled the entire academic project.
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"Later, I asked Wendy if she recognized the irony in using AI to write not just a paper on critical pedagogy but one that argues learning is what “makes us truly human.” She wasn’t sure what to make of the question. “I use AI a lot. Like, every day,” she said. “And I do believe it could take away that critical-thinking part. But it’s just — now that we rely on it, we can’t really imagine living without it.” "
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“But now, whenever they encounter a little bit of difficulty, instead of fighting their way through that and growing from it, they retreat to something that makes it a lot easier for them.”
i think this quote sums up the entire core issue of not just cheating in uni but also a huge trend i've noticed in online spaces where people don't bother to do literally anything anymore
i'm on a few film photography subreddits and yesterday i saw someone post a photo of a camera with an extremely large front plate containing the camera's make and model and the OP was asking "hey can anyone tell me what this camera is?" like... they couldn't even read those words and type them into google to see what comes up (which would have led them directly to a wiki page on the camera) they literally went straight to reddit and wanted everyone else to do it for them
this is a further extension of the same issue, which is that the younger generation is being taught by these things to have literally zero ability to think critically and problem solve
There’s also been a massive increase in ‘Petahexplainsthejoke’ posts reaching the front page of Reddit, and it’s almost always incredibly basic context-based humour.
And for what it’s worth, I feel it’s different from the ‘Explain Like I’m Five’ subreddit. It’s a total lack of interest in wanting to sit with something and think for more than a couple of seconds.
Admitting that something is just above the level your brain can function (explain like I'm five) is one thing.
Typing a question into Reddit, or Twitter, or hell even Tumblr that can be easily answered if instead of your favorite social media site you typed the question into goddamn google is just lazy.
The worst part is, there's no putting the toothpaste back into the tube. These younger people aren't interested in relearning how to learn.
And it's just one of the reasons I love finding people of my generation (or a little younger/older) online. I need to talk to people who will challenge me not rely on me to do their googling for them.
"In the next few decades we’re going to have thousands of people who don’t really know anything, and can’t do any critical thinking" In the next few decades? lol
We're a few generations now plopped in front of Uncle Internet to let the Information At Our Fingertips™ raise us, never taught the skills to actually use any of it or know What to look for or distinguish bullshit/misinformation now overtaking every once-trusted system, and sooner plugged into "social" media sensory hell designed to punish anything outside mindless conformity and prevent any possibility of a thought occurring. Is it any surprise you ask these kids to run into the unknown and they spook off in any other direction like starved horses
"Please help me budget my time my family is dying" "Spend fewer hours on TikTok" "No"
