Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through College ChatGPT has unraveled the entire academic project.

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https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/openai-chatgpt-ai-cheating-education-college-students-school.html

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excellent but long article. well worth the read.

a few things off the top of my head. do I have an issue with students that use AI to fake their way through college? yup. do have and issue with colleges basically charging impossible amounts for tuition that will probably never be paid off in the students life time? damn right I do. I stand at a cross roads. do I feel then it's okay for students then to cheat using AI because of the grossly inflated rates and impossible interest rates on the loans? I can say, I kinda see the students point.

the problem though is: critical thinking of any kind, at this rate, will be dead completely in a few years.

after reading this article. if I feared for future of our youth, I'm now terrified. They think it's an easy way to get an A, which it is, but in the long run, our work force will be degraded by the inability our new hires to think critically, do hard work or put in what needs to be done for a professional job.

I'll be 82 in 20 years (if I live that long). for many many reasons, I'm terrified of the coming future. this adds to that mix in a new and scary way.