We’re mostly DMing each other to say that the younger generation is cooked. At New York, James D. Walsh surveys the zoomers who are using AI to do all of their college homework — a trend that is obvious and no less alarming. Take the story of Wendy, for example: she used ChatGPT to write an essay arguing that the use of technology is hampering students’ ability to think. The irony is lost on her.
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.”
[New York Magazine]
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