“Einstein is symptomatic. I doubt we’ll be talking abt Einstein, as such, in a year. But it’s symptomatic of what’s [descending] on higher ed,’ [Kirschenbaum said]. The attractiveness of agentic AIs is a symptom of a decades-long trend in higher ed. ‘Unis…adopted a transactive model of education.’”
What’s the Point of School When AI Can Do Your Homework?
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Luiza Jarovsky, PhD on Twitter / X
🚨 University professors have been saying AI is completely destroying learning and that we'll soon have an AI-powered, semi-illiterate workforce. Here's a glimpse into the educational apocalypse:"Sarah, a freshman at Wilfrid Laurier University in Ontario, said she first used… pic.twitter.com/Rq6zUi5mRp— Luiza Jarovsky, PhD (@LuizaJarovsky) May 6, 2026
Alex Veremeyenko on Twitter / X
MIT published a brutally honest report on what AI is doing to students.A committee of professors and students spent five months studying how AI changed learning on campus, and the findings read like a warning to every university on the planet.Study groups are disappearing.… pic.twitter.com/kSxKk4h06o— Alex Veremeyenko (@alex_verem) September 12, 2026
AI May Be Atrophying Our Brains, Professor Warns
AI may soon ruin our ability to make decisions for ourselves — an outcome that would be, one expert warns, "catastrophic."
Thinking Fast, Slow, Artificially: AI and Your Brain
AI can boost your decisions — or quietly undermine them. Wharton researchers introduce a new theory of cognition that every leader needs to understand.
What we can’t measure about AI – yet | Aeon Essays
The costs of transformative innovations are immediately clear: it’s the longterm gains that are hardest to understand
70 years of AI hype
Quoting from Olivia Guest et al. (2025) "Against the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia."
I Will Fucking Piledrive You If You Mention AI Again — Ludicity
The recent innovations in the AI space, most notably those such as GPT-4, obviously have far-reaching implications for society, ranging from the utopian eliminating of drudgery, to the dystopian damage to the livelihood of artists in a capitalist society, to existential threats to humanity itself.
I Will Fucking Piledrive You If You Mention AI Again — Ludicity
The recent innovations in the AI space, most notably those such as GPT-4, obviously have far-reaching implications for society, ranging from the utopian eliminating of drudgery, to the dystopian damage to the livelihood of artists in a capitalist society, to existential threats to humanity itself.
Works in Progress: The Long Journey to Doing Good Better
The more I learn, the more I realize how much I don’t know. — Albert Einstein
‘I Don’t Think We’re All F***ed Anymore’
Kevin Roose’s new book explores the terrifying implications of AI, but he’s feeling a bit more sanguine these days.
AI Rage Is Inextricably Fused With Justified Loathing Of The Extraction Class. 'Deal With It'
Commencement AI booing reflects growing class revolt now tightly tethered to AI -- whether the technology's biggest proponents like it or not.
