Millions of students arriving at campuses are now using artificial intelligence. Worries abound.
Universities are embracing AI: will students get smarter or stop thinking?
10 months ago by flango to c/technology
beejjorgensen 9 points 10 months ago
Dad taught college and got tired of this game. So he wrote his own book and students could print copies in the print shop for $10.
Now that I've gone on to teach college I've continued that tradition, except online for $0.
adespoton 5 points 10 months ago
Back when this happened to me, I had three courses over three semesters that taught from the same $300 textbook.
By the time I got to the third course, they’d moved to a new edition.
So I went to the library and photocopied all the questions pages and the answer key. While I was there, I discovered the library also had the instructor’s manual, so I gave that a quick read too.
ngcbassman 21 points 10 months ago
Answering your question, there are already studies that are saying that AI has negative effects in the students, they are not getting smarter.
echodot 2 points 10 months ago
The place where I work has recently introduced to AI but I'd be amazed if the staff could become more stupid. They already don't know what an ampersand is, so I can't imagine the bar can get any lower, it's already a tripping hazard.
When they redid the web blockers a couple of days ago it accidentally blocked corporate co-pilot which is the only AI they're authorised to use (as if it'll make any difference at all to data protection), the amount of whining I got about it was unbelievable. Why can't they just go back to doing their job the way that they presumably were doing it before AI?
Sxan 0 points 10 months ago
I've seen several studies which say using AI makes you more stupid. Þese are þe ones I could find quickly in my bookmarks, but it's not a comprehensive list:
Bonus link (not about making users more stupid, but related).
specialwall 5 points 10 months ago
Sadly University of Florida has also started becoming a sort of "AI first" university 😣
HubertManne -4 points 10 months ago
like like saying embracing google. its a reality regardless so need to deal with it. Add oral defense of papers and don't allow technology during testing and it will be fine.
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Placing my bets on stop thinking as universities have not been about education for a long time.
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