@Natasha_Jay echte Überraschung wirklich, dass KI verdummt

@Natasha_Jay >humanities students that spent 4 years having LLMs read and write all their coursework
I can’t see how this would be any kind of improvement over STEM grads, unless this was meant to suggest that humanities students haven’t been quick enough to adopt LLM use. I also find that improbable.

@slyborg Maybe more discussion and debate in class? Hence critical thinking. Although, I could see a bunch of kids with their phones out while discussing Epictetus.

@Natasha_Jay Don't worry, humanities students are (I'm told by an academic) also using AI to write their essays.

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An ugly side effect of AI use is your skills *with AI* increase, while your skill in the subject at hand stagnates, because you're not really working on that skill, you're doing work *about* that skill.

If you're already a very familiar, that's not a big problem, but if you're a novice - you'll likely stay a novice. And that's a big problem. And it's hard to use even working AI code to learn from because it tends to be really verbose, and humans learn best from concise samples made to teach a specific thing.

@Natasha_Jay Comb through, because those are also AI natives. AI is even more applicable to the humanities because the level of bullshit acceptable in the papers is a fantastic impedance match for AI.

@Kazinator @Natasha_Jay There is no level of bullshit acceptable in humanities papers.

@Natasha_Jay Two things: 1) we have always underestimated how ignorant recent college graduates are. Most of the practical education happens afterwards. Fortunately, young and elastic minds pick up things very quickly. 2) Employers may say they want critical thinking skills, but they really really don't. It's actually their least favorite thing.

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Just hand someone at a store cash and you will get the "deer in the headlights" look.

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i'm so glad I went to college for a STEM degree because everyone told me I wouldn't find a job with a humanities degree. hahaha. and i don't even talk to computers 🙃