I feel like this is so important in the modern age of social media. anonymity allows individuals to be evil online without repercussions.

our thinking comes from the world, not just single thoughts conjured up by the individual

writing forces you to dig deeper into your thoughts

People post writing on the internet as a way to garner feedback through individuals who don't know them. The easier and most blunt way to polish your writing.

people write on the internet to get their voices out there, even if the writing isn't perfect, atleast they're expressing themselves.

People want to read stories similar to experiences they've had. That's why she was able to build a readership of Kenyans, who wanted a place to hear about experiences they might've also had.

Oral culture's idea of words as an action, continuing the history.

Still able to have an audience, just more spread out across different cultures

Stories can reappear and become important again at random times, whereas oral cultures keep the same stories throughout their history.

we "live in the moment" of social media, especially with how each day's information is different based on trends.

collective mindset over an individual

social media and the use of digital words has changed us into a new society outside of just being literate

People look for more personalized stories, connects to Ong's statement that oral cultures favor an empathetic model of storytelling.

This is a privileged opinion to have. He isn't affected by the bias and discrimination, so he thinks he doesn't have to worry about it.

We have not given A.I. a wide enough range of culture and information to make it fair to everyone. It's extremely possible it will never be as fair as it is to white men.

Technology is biased against those who look different than the people creating it.

Horrific exploitation

But why didn't they listen to Gebru when she warned about it?

Fired for speaking out against the bias is terrible for Google's image.

A.I. is biased against women, going off the work of men on the internet.

A.I. will not fairly represent every group, because they haven't allowed every group to be apart of the discussion.

To protect culture, it's important to take the data out of the hands of big companies and have individuals instead create.

Using A.I. for good

Strong statement, and important to know. We are privileged to know the language we do.

A correct way to use A.I., strengthening what's already known but protecting the culture behind it.

We're losing culture the more we use A.I.

A.I. isn't equally available for everyone, meaning we cannot say everyone is fairly represented in the development of our future.

People are just expected to allow A.I. to take over without a say in the game.

I feel like this is why it's important to know what is copy-righted online. People think they can take any image or writing, but most of it is protected by the owner. It should be taken more seriously.

Stealing others' culture to warp into one.

I haven't heard this comparison before, but it does seem to work in the context. Amplifying A.I. by comparing it to something as terrible as colonization shows the consequences A.I. can bring.

Can't replicate the human social skill behind writing.

It doesn't understand what it's saying, only using information from the internet.

May not be correct, but sound smart enough that you think it's correct.

I'd rather read something that has excitement during certain parts of it's sentences then something that's flat all the way through.

This is something I think about constantly while writing essays or discussion posts. I'll write a sentence, think about how some of the words sound too smart, and I'll "dumb it down" so it doesn't seem like A.I. wrote it.

allowing creativity may be able to fight A.I. if these students actually want to write what they're passionate about, they won't want to have A.I. do it for them (hopefully).

Won't be able to develop a critical thinking of those around them, only focusing on themselves. Losing relationship skills

Big issue in the world. Everyone's so afraid to fail, even though it can teach them alot.

An essay is more than just the grade you get on it. You learn new skills by doing research and critical thinking.

We need obstacles in life to get better.

I like this comparison. He wants people to see how absurd it would be to change from running to driving, just like how we're losing writing to A.I.

I'm shocked at how this guy isn't facing serious consequences for saying stuff like this. He's openly admitting to cheating and saying he wants to help people cheat on the LSATs?

Very dystopian.

The work may seem useless, but the skills that come with it are important.

I agree. Barely two years of it, and we've already seen sharp declines in lower and higher education.

True. You need to learn the skills, not just restate the ones ChatGPT gives you

Sad, but what else could they do? The ability to detect A.I. can be difficult.

Interesting that things are flagged as A.I. based on how intelligent the wording is.

"Warning" about the trap instead of just not using A.I.

The pressure of grades ruins students confidence in themselves, and they turn to A.I. instead.

I think ChatGPT is used so vastly because it's free. I remember Chegg, and never using it because of the price tag.

Are students losing their confidence in their writing because of A.I., or are they getting lazy?

But do grades mean anything if you don't learn the skills that come with them?

The fact 90% of these people were using chatGPT just two months after it premiered is shocking.

Interesting he was only put on probation and not immediately expelled for cheating

Strange mindset

While assignments may see irrelevant, it's the skills you learn with them that makes the education worth it

Different approach than others using A.I. People warn against using A.I. for introduction classes, since you won't be able to criticize it if it gets something wrong.

struggling makes the topic more understandable in the end.

AI dulls down the information to make it understandable, but it'll make it more difficult to master the topic on your own.

But if i use it as an editor, won't it get dim down the parts that make my writing human?

I wouldn't use AI when looking for book quotes. Seems like they can make up a storyline themselves too easily.

it would be interesting to see how people use this high level answering to try and teach themselves a new subject, without knowing anything about the topic beforehand. Would AI be able to teach that like a professor would?

Need to give direct instructions to the AI to create what you're looking for. lacks the creativity on its own.

AI is never creating something new. Just different forms of other's works.

What parts of the heritage are they unable to know? Is it because some people have history that isn't written about often on the internet, so AI can't learn it?

It's hard to stay up to date on ChatGPT with how much it upgrades itself with new information. Definitely feels like trying to cast spells.

AI will never be able to write as creatively as humans can.

AI doesn't have a moral compass like humans do, and won't understand the consquences you may face based off it's work.

AI benefits only those building it, while hindering your education.

No work by AI can be described as new. It's just a copy of other's work. I like how he said it's "at the very least" ethically suspect.

Important thing for the professor to emphasize. If you respect him by not using AI, he'll return the same favor when looking at your work.