“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
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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.
AI Rage Is Inextricably Fused With Justified Loathing Of The Extraction Class. 'Deal With It'
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The 50 Percent Problem
Empirical evidence of the educational harm of generative AI
The 50 Percent Problem
Empirical evidence of the educational harm of generative AI
AI Is Hollowing Out Higher Education
Olivia Guest & Iris van Rooij urge teachers and scholars to reject tools that commodify learning, deskill students, and promote illiteracy.
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AI has taken something fundamental from the business of teaching and learning.
