Well and good for you, but the real issue to me is with the younger writers you address at the end. Those of us who have been writing all our lives probably are not going to give in, or not nearly as much. But my undergrad students, who are IMHO often at the mercy of a highly pressurized society (getting into grad schools, professional schools, etc., without even the time as undergrads for electives, often) have a harder time staying away even if they are fully ethical people (most are, as I see these students.) I can tell you right now, far more NOW than say even two years ago when AIs burst upon the scene, now they are becoming a norm, and so FACULTY do not know what to do. It is an absolutely constant source of discussion and discomfort. I know some philosophy profs (my department) who will no longer give term papers. That is entirely anathema to me! These students often have not had a chance to learn how to reason in their writing, much less write well or beautifully or poetically or succinctly. I do give term papers, and find all I can do is appeal to their honor. Who do you really want to be? Yourself, or someone who just gets by? This past spring at least, I don't think I had a single AI paper, or maybe just one. It is a problem though, and one I think we should not judge too quickly or be cynical about, as to me these kids really just want to succeed. We do not make it easy, not that it should be too easy, but here in philosophy we have what I call The Argument From You Know What I Mean.
Yes I agree. I am very worried about the future of universities in the face of this technology. The tech companies have unleashed it without giving anybody time to adapt. I hope our institutions can do so before they get broken.
One last point. There is a not so underlying issue about AI. It is I guess political is the word not sure. It is that in a culture now so bent on separating wealth, yet making the cost of getting financially solid so hard, this puts pressure on even those lucky enough to go to college at all. To me, there is far more than AI that is breaking education, from underinvesting in it for longer than our current admin., I cannot say his name or any of theirs, or hate doing so at least, but their taking aim too as it serves them, and many more crucial variables. AI can help or harm that. But is only one part of the problem. Thanks for your kind reply above. I am glad you wrote this more personal post, and for all the rest you give us.
I agree 100%. Personally, I wouldn't bother to read anything which I knew had been written in whole or in part by AI. There's more than enough human-generated rubbish floating around in our culture already!
I applaud you for the stand you’ve taken on A1. I wonder however using an LLM or something similar wasn’t always an inevitability in a country like the United States that for some time now has placed not valued writing well, speaking well or oratory? I’m not suggesting that AI wouldn’t have come about if we believed those things were important but perhaps in such a society using them might incur some form of infamy that at present, doesn’t exist.
Well and good for you, but the real issue to me is with the younger writers you address at the end. Those of us who have been writing all our lives probably are not going to give in, or not nearly as much. But my undergrad students, who are IMHO often at the mercy of a highly pressurized society (getting into grad schools, professional schools, etc., without even the time as undergrads for electives, often) have a harder time staying away even if they are fully ethical people (most are, as I see these students.) I can tell you right now, far more NOW than say even two years ago when AIs burst upon the scene, now they are becoming a norm, and so FACULTY do not know what to do. It is an absolutely constant source of discussion and discomfort. I know some philosophy profs (my department) who will no longer give term papers. That is entirely anathema to me! These students often have not had a chance to learn how to reason in their writing, much less write well or beautifully or poetically or succinctly. I do give term papers, and find all I can do is appeal to their honor. Who do you really want to be? Yourself, or someone who just gets by? This past spring at least, I don't think I had a single AI paper, or maybe just one. It is a problem though, and one I think we should not judge too quickly or be cynical about, as to me these kids really just want to succeed. We do not make it easy, not that it should be too easy, but here in philosophy we have what I call The Argument From You Know What I Mean.
Yes I agree. I am very worried about the future of universities in the face of this technology. The tech companies have unleashed it without giving anybody time to adapt. I hope our institutions can do so before they get broken.
One last point. There is a not so underlying issue about AI. It is I guess political is the word not sure. It is that in a culture now so bent on separating wealth, yet making the cost of getting financially solid so hard, this puts pressure on even those lucky enough to go to college at all. To me, there is far more than AI that is breaking education, from underinvesting in it for longer than our current admin., I cannot say his name or any of theirs, or hate doing so at least, but their taking aim too as it serves them, and many more crucial variables. AI can help or harm that. But is only one part of the problem. Thanks for your kind reply above. I am glad you wrote this more personal post, and for all the rest you give us.
I agree 100%. Personally, I wouldn't bother to read anything which I knew had been written in whole or in part by AI. There's more than enough human-generated rubbish floating around in our culture already!
I applaud you for the stand you’ve taken on A1. I wonder however using an LLM or something similar wasn’t always an inevitability in a country like the United States that for some time now has placed not valued writing well, speaking well or oratory? I’m not suggesting that AI wouldn’t have come about if we believed those things were important but perhaps in such a society using them might incur some form of infamy that at present, doesn’t exist.
True. I also see similar problems in Europe.
excellent. ai is artificial and not intelligent.