Commencement season invites self-reflection. Honorary speakers ask it of half-awake, partied-out, graduating seniors. But colleges and schools, too, are gazing in the mirror: What’s the point—the medium, more precisely—of education nowadays amidst tech upheaval?
Since debuting as the fastest-growing platform in internet history, ChatGPT has become a metonym for all that AI ails. Within two months of its launch, a survey found 90% of college students were using it for homework.
More recently, a massive study by AI company Anthropic confirms that students outsource “higher-order cognitive functions” like creativity and analysis. We’ve seen obituaries penned for the out-of-class essay; writing teachers throw up their hands and quit; and the humanities endure yet one more existential punch.
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