TinDrum

'the University wants to prevent itself, along with the entire institution of higher education, from becoming obsolete. But as this pattern speeds up, Penn’s commitment to AI innovation seems less like an enhancement to our learning and more like a detriment to our critical thinking abilities...the University has essentially endorsed shortcuts and the outsourcing of academic thinking, threatening the very freedom of inquiry and open expression it claims to promote'

#genAI #technology #pedagogy #learning #theAcademyWillEatItself

https://www.thedp.com/article/2026/03/penn-ai-dominance-education

Editorial | Penn has an AI problem

The Daily Pennsylvanian Editorial Board argues that Penn’s choice to embrace AI is detrimental to the institution of higher education. 

Editorial | Penn has an AI problem - The Daily Pennsylvanian
Mar 25 at 1:43amWeb
Show threadTinDrum21h ago
'the drawbacks of AI usage are widely documented and increasingly detrimental. Students develop an overreliance on AI, social interaction and communication are reduced, AI programs produce and reinforce biased and false information without any accountability, and critical thinking is inhibited...our purpose is to take advantage of our education, not give it away to an AI model while we sit by passively'
Show threadFenix17h ago
@oscarjiminy It is a kind of lazyness, using AI.