What Happens After A.I. Destroys College Writing?
What Happens After A.I. Destroys College Writing?
An exploration of the impact of AI tools like ChatGPT on college writing and the broader purpose of higher education. The article details how students use these tools, the resulting challenges to academic integrity, and the various ways educators are adapting. It reflects on whether AI is simply a new tool for efficiency or a fundamental threat to the process of learning, critical thinking, and writing, considering the perspectives of students, professors, and administrators.
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surprised to read there is a measurement of human intellect and that it has declined since 2012...
there a lot of healthy perspectives here across the entire spectrum and yet there is still the fear mongering title and then ending the entire piece with a story that harkens back to the title.
the middles though are much better.
the comparisons to the cabdrivers could have elicited a much deeper conversation with the analogy of GPS. did all humans lose the ability to be thoughtful navigators or did navigation become more accessible to those who won't become experts?
more weighty is the connection of our fears about these tools have nothing to do with the tools themselves. it's like society blaming teens for the ills of social media while parents are on their phones just as much or even more.
the world around us promotes quick takes, over consumption of short posts and this rush to differentiate ourselves but also achieve as quickly as possible. LLMs didn't create this environment, it is a tool that is being leveraged for it.
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