The renowned economist Roberto Serrano has ‘overwhelming evidence’ that his students cheated. He thinks the time has come for an in-depth debate so the technology does not signal the end of higher education
Einstein had it right. The way to teach people is to get them to want to learn.
We had this coming once a college education became a necessary credential in order to earn a living (and since then, not actually earn a living). Once it became a necessity for survival, people went to college not to learn but as an additional bureaucratic hoop.
AI cheating is only the most recent iteration in a long line of tried and true methods, including providing sexual favors for your professor, having your fraternity / sorority vouch for your character and heritage, or having wealthy parental units make a sizeable donation to your university’s science department.
Once the university system survives the shock (which it might not, since civilization is mid-collapse), then academia can get back to teaching and developing knowledge for knowledge’s sake, and not because it is a means to make people richer.
Einstein had it right. The way to teach people is to get them to want to learn.
We had this coming once a college education became a necessary credential in order to earn a living (and since then, not actually earn a living). Once it became a necessity for survival, people went to college not to learn but as an additional bureaucratic hoop.
AI cheating is only the most recent iteration in a long line of tried and true methods, including providing sexual favors for your professor, having your fraternity / sorority vouch for your character and heritage, or having wealthy parental units make a sizeable donation to your university’s science department.
Once the university system survives the shock (which it might not, since civilization is mid-collapse), then academia can get back to teaching and developing knowledge for knowledge’s sake, and not because it is a means to make people richer.