One professor's reflections on the end of an era, as AI tools such as ChatGPT have murdered the student essay (RIP). Here's why that threatens the future of human cognition—and how to save ourselves.
Lots I disagree with in this article, but I agree with the message.
On another note, I found this section very funny:
Disgraced cryptocurrency swindler Sam Bankman-Fried, for example, once told an interviewer the following, thereby helpfully outing himself as an idiot.
“I would never read a book…I’m very skeptical of books. I don’t want to say no book is ever worth reading, but I actually do believe something pretty close to that. I think, if you wrote a book, you fucked up, and it should have been a six-paragraph blog post.”
Initially I thought it was something like Aurelius’ diary entry on not spending too much in books and living in the moment. Nope, he’s just lazy. I have a friend like that, who reads AI summaries instead of the actual articles. Infuriating to say the least.
Lots I disagree with in this article, but I agree with the message.
On another note, I found this section very funny:
Initially I thought it was something like Aurelius’ diary entry on not spending too much in books and living in the moment. Nope, he’s just lazy. I have a friend like that, who reads AI summaries instead of the actual articles. Infuriating to say the least.
Yes but let him take time off for reading and shiwing ge comprehends good books.
In a way you or i could knock out in like a really nice month full of cocoa and paper smells.
He will die in a cage.