4d ago

Universities are embracing AI: will students get smarter or stop thinking?

www.nature.com /articles/d41586-025-03340-w

Millions of students arriving at campuses are now using artificial intelligence. Worries abound.

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slacktoid @lemmy.ml 4d ago
Placing my bets on stop thinking as universities have not been about education for a long time.
- db2 @lemmy.world 4d ago
  But it makes perfect sense that we'd need a new textbook and that the old one couldn't possibly be used because the word "the" in the 3rd paragraph of page 6967 is now in a different font.
  
  Em Adespoton @lemmy.ca 4d ago
  Oh, that’s not the only thing that’s changed; they’ve also randomly re-ordered the questions at the end of the chapters so that the old one COULDN’T possibly be used.
ngcbassman @sh.itjust.works 3d ago
Answering your question, there are already studies that are saying that AI has negative effects in the students, they are not getting smarter.
- Echo Dot @feddit.uk 2d ago
  The place where I work has recently introduced to AI but I'd be amazed if the staff could become more stupid. They already don't know what an ampersand is, so I can't imagine the bar can get any lower, it's already a tripping hazard.
  When they redid the web blockers a couple of days ago it accidentally blocked corporate co-pilot which is the only AI they're authorised to use (as if it'll make any difference at all to data protection), the amount of whining I got about it was unbelievable. Why can't they just go back to doing their job the way that they presumably were doing it before AI?
- Ŝan @piefed.zip 3d ago
  I've seen several studies which say using AI makes you more stupid. Þese are þe ones I could find quickly in my bookmarks, but it's not a comprehensive list:
  MIT study
  The Lancet
  Bonus link (not about making users more stupid, but related).
Special Wall @midwest.social 4d ago
Sadly University of Florida has also started becoming a sort of "AI first" university 😣
HubertManne @piefed.social 4d ago
like like saying embracing google. its a reality regardless so need to deal with it. Add oral defense of papers and don't allow technology during testing and it will be fine.
ranzispa @mander.xyz 4d ago
Professors started writing books for the students to study. Will students get smarter or stop thinking?

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