Mastodawn

So interesting: Universities embracing AI, educators struggling to preserve academic skills. Will there be a split between "largely tech-free liberal arts education" and "a degraded, soulless form of vocational training administered by AI instructors”?
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2026/mar/10/ai-impact-professors-students-learning #aisceptic

‘I wish I could push ChatGPT off a cliff’: professors scramble to save critical thinking in an age of AI

As AI has upended the way students learn, academics worry about the future of the humanities – and society at large

The Guardian

Richard Deadman Mar 19, 2025

AI and Crypto/blockchain kind of rhyme to me. They both have potential in certain areas, but not the areas they are being hyped. And the environmental cost cannot be justified.

Majority of AI Researchers Say Tech Industry Is Pouring Billions Into a Dead End
https://futurism.com/ai-researchers-tech-industry-dead-end

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