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I’ve been working with so many students who turn to it as a first resort for everything. The second a problem stumps them, it’s AI. The first source for research is AI.

It’s not even about the tech, there’s just something about not wanting to learn that deeply upsets me. It’s not really something I can understand. There is no reason to avoid getting better at writing.

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[–] Omega_Jimes@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago

I'm a returning student, and I'm really upset at the level that my cohort turns to AI for everything. There's no effort to think about a problem when most school work is already in the system and can be retrieved easily.

It's also upsetting to me how attractive an option it can be. I can spend all this time working on something, or i drop a simple prompt and just rewrite the answer in my own words. When you have something that you forgot about or procrastinated on, it's really attractive to say "What are some themes in Moby Dick?" and basically rewrite the response. What's even more upsetting than that, is the amount of people who wont even retype a thing to pass it as their own, but just copy/paste.

An increasing number of my profs are adding AI into their courses, with the feeling that it's inevitable. It's distressing to see an assignment that calls for us to ask a chat or about the problem then fact check it. I feel like that's teaching the exact opposite of what these kids need.