Thanks to a new breed of chatbots, American stupidity is escalating at an advanced pace.
    • kent_eh@lemmy.caEnglish
      17·
      1 year ago

      her goal isn’t to get them to stop, it’s to get them to recognize what garbage writing is and how to fix it so it isn’t garbage anymore.

      Sadly, that may be the best we can hope for.

    • Norin@lemmy.worldEnglish
      91·
      1 year ago

      I teach Philosophy.

      I need them to think for themselves, which just isn’t happening if they turn in work that isn’t theirs.

      So, I’m pretty harsh on anyone using AI. Even if it’s for a discussion post, I’m reporting it to the Academic Integrity office.

    • Riskable@programming.devEnglish
      82·
      1 year ago

      her goal isn’t to get them to stop, it’s to get them to recognize what garbage writing is and how to fix it so it isn’t garbage anymore.

      I wish English teachers did this instead of… Whatever TF they’re doing instead.

      This is something they should’ve been doing all along. Long before the invention of LLMs or computers.

      • BakerBagel@midwest.socialEnglish
        71·
        1 year ago

        This is the inevitable result of “No Child Left Behind” linking school funding to how students performed on standardized tests. American schools haven’t been about education for the last 20+ years. They are about getting as much funding as possible.