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oldsoldierfadingfast

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4. The old saying...

Sun Apr 5, 2026, 11:30 PM

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'If you don't use it, you loose it' applies to the brain too.
I know. as I have lost so much - but at least, I waited until I was old and with life's major responsibilities behind me.

What will happen when these supposedly educated people have to start 'thinking on their feet" with no time to check their smart phones?

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A CNN article says some students at Yale now can't even talk in class without using ChatGPT to coach them [View all] highplainsdem Sunday OP

Jfc. SheltieLover Sunday #1

No doubt. This stuff is scary. Talk about dumbing people down! n/t PatrickforB Monday #7

For sure! And many people go for it! SheltieLover Monday #9

Some of the richest companies on Earth are spending all they can to hype AI and pressure people highplainsdem Monday #36

Yale is like an Olympic training camp for the mind tinrobot Sunday #2

We're also losing potential artists who will not follow their dreams and develop their talents because highplainsdem Monday #38

LOL!!!! valleyrogue Monday #44

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Sunday #3

And those Yale students at least got through high school, or most of the way through it, before AI use highplainsdem Monday #5

I think the dumbing-down occurs fairly quickly EYESORE 9001 Monday #40

AI is dumbing down adults quickly, too. There've been studies of doctors and software engineers and highplainsdem Monday #41

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Monday #55

Yup. Straw Man Monday #20

So it is working to perfection then misanthrope Monday #22

That has to be incredibly frustrating for you. Do the students listen if you tell them they're just highplainsdem Monday #42

Bold of you to assume their handwriting would be legible NickB79 Monday #56

The old saying... oldsoldierfadingfast Sunday #4

Wat ar u talkin about! FHRRK1 Monday #10

Those supposedly educated people will be addicted consumers of AI, victims of learned helplessness, highplainsdem Monday #43

Shame on educators allowing this. chowder66 Monday #6

Most of the teachers I've talked to tried to stop it. School admins were pressured by AI companies, or highplainsdem Monday #8

they'd never get away with this NJCher Monday #11

Only because you are there watching them read the essays and create the response. Intractable Monday #14

No way NJCher Monday #23

I'm sorry that you don't understand what people can do with AI today, let alone tomorrow. Intractable Monday #28

professors are given classes on this NJCher Monday #46

The only way you can prevent the students from using AI is when you are standing over them. Intractable Monday #48

observation, not an insult NJCher Monday #51

I look forward to your response to WhiskeyGrinder. Intractable Monday #54

I'm an AI hater and I don't see how there's no way they couldn't use AI unless they're doing all this in front of you. WhiskeyGrinder Monday #24

will do NJCher Monday #47

developing creativity in student essays NJCher Monday #58

The crux is "To prevent the use of AI, the professor has to monitor the writing of the paper." Intractable Monday #59

Not the case at all NJCher 22 hrs ago #60

This is blatantly dishonest. Intractable 19 hrs ago #62

And they're doing all of this in front of you? During class time? Producing nothing outside of class? WhiskeyGrinder 16 hrs ago #63

Some outside NJCher 15 hrs ago #64

I'm reminded of a Star Trek episode... BurnDoubt Monday #12

THIS is getting scary. calimary Monday #13

I agree. I didn't expect AI use in school to result this quickly in students thinking they need AI to tell highplainsdem Monday #45

That's pitiful BeneteauBum Monday #15

Exactly,... Artificial Intelligence is a Mega-MAGA Zombie factory in disguise. magicarpet Monday #52

Ugh Lemon Lyman Monday #16

Reknown or renown instead of renowned. LisaM Monday #18

I showed this to my friend, and him and I both agree with you. TheRickles Monday #27

The end of struggle and critical thinking. AllyCat Monday #17

Yale grads that'll wonder why nobody will hire them. n/t flvegan Monday #19

Prof. Kingsfield from the "Paper Chase" would destroy these students should they later decide to attend Harvard Law andym Monday #21

My senior thesis in 1979: no_hypocrisy Monday #25

I don't think anybody under the age of 60 could do that now. yardwork Monday #37

That's sounds more like a Master's Project! Happy Hoosier 14 hrs ago #66

The dumbing down of America continues. Vinca Monday #26

Teenage Wasteland OC375 Monday #29

How long until the post-AI Renaissance then? BadgerKid Monday #30

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave 22 hrs ago #61

Clickbait article Johnny2X2X Monday #31

Not clickbait at all. It was written by a young person, a Yale student. And there's been more and more highplainsdem Monday #33

Exactly jcboon Monday #34

Microsoft's own study.showed that AI dumbs users down: highplainsdem Monday #39

Sounds like bullshit to me. ruet Monday #32

It's nothing at all like the kids-using-litterboxes RW propaganda stories. It fits in with news stories and highplainsdem Monday #35

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Monday #50

Isn't that RW conspiracy theory bizarre? I don't understand why ruet would compare this news story highplainsdem Monday #53

My wife has changed her tactics. Happy Hoosier Monday #49

What did she do to the cheater? NickB79 Monday #57

Failed the paper. Happy Hoosier 14 hrs ago #65