I hate the “too late” discourse. Best time to curb emissions is the past, next best time is now. The fastest we act, the better off we’ll be.
I have this nagging feeling that this posture is just preparing public opinion for geoengineering, the last grift before collapse. Maybe its cause as well. Oh and fatalism is going to help undermine current decarbonizing efforts too, so win-win for big money.
TLDR: Most of her students have delegated doing their homework to ChatGPT.
Well I agree with her: fuck that. She makes a good point that writing is not some busywork consisting of transcribing thoughts, it is thinking. I can certainly understand the frustration of correcting LLM slop for days. If the student can’t be bothered to write it, why would the teacher be bothered with correcting it? Just ask ChatGPT to correct “your” homework and put “AI Prompter” in your resume. Apparently it pays really well.
…OK I’m not being nice, I’ll step back a little. Article touches on an interesting concept:
Why are students bringing the forklift into the weight room though? Is it because they don’t give a shit? Or are the stakes too high and they don’t trust their own abilities? Do they have the time to even try between their work shifts?