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Demand More of Students. Undergraduate attitudes toward AI may be souring.
James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal ^ | October 2, 2025 | Gabriella DiPrima

Posted on 10/02/2025 11:08:16 AM PDT by karpov

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1 posted on 10/02/2025 11:08:16 AM PDT by karpov
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To: karpov

At this point, can anyone stop it?


2 posted on 10/02/2025 11:25:52 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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“At this point, can anyone stop it?”

Nope. Thank goodness!


3 posted on 10/02/2025 11:29:07 AM PDT by TexasGator (The 750 hp Florida Gnat)
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I don’t allow my students to use AI. They can, but I will catch them. “Was this written using AI?” I showed that to my students. No more AI papers.


4 posted on 10/02/2025 11:41:21 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Gary Gilmore the POS who murdered Charlie Kirk!)
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“I don’t allow my students to use AI. “

You claim to be a teacher but write a meaningless opening sentence.


5 posted on 10/02/2025 11:46:19 AM PDT by TexasGator (The 750 hp Florida Gnat)
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To: TexasGator

That was meant to be a response to “can anyone stop it?”

Sorry to get you involved.


6 posted on 10/02/2025 11:50:26 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Gary Gilmore the POS who murdered Charlie Kirk!)
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To: karpov

Two words: “Blue books”


7 posted on 10/02/2025 11:51:42 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: karpov

I actually do use AI to test me on certain things, I put some documents in a folder, and I have written a prompt for to ask me certain questions and give feedback on my answers. The idea is to look up the material for the first few times, and then be able to answer everything without having to look up the answers. If done right, AI can be a great study tool, that makes you actually learn the material.


8 posted on 10/02/2025 11:53:59 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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I could have completed my senior thesis in college in a few weeks with today’s technology. Not only did my research take me 3 months (microfiche and the stacks in the (Bing) Crosby library, it took me two weekends to type it. It was a great, albeit painful, experience.


9 posted on 10/02/2025 12:00:17 PM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

“That was meant to be a response to “can anyone stop it?”

And you cannot stop your students from using AI.

BTW, AI is MUCH more than a chatbox.


10 posted on 10/02/2025 12:01:44 PM PDT by TexasGator (The 750 hp Florida Gnat)
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To: Night Hides Not

Kids today have no idea the struggle it was to type term papers on a typewriter.


11 posted on 10/02/2025 12:02:36 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: TexasGator

Why, thank goodness?


12 posted on 10/02/2025 12:03:49 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: EQAndyBuzz

My students write their exams in class in Blue Books, no notes, old school style. I teach the class on the chalkboard, no powerpoint or anything, old school style. I get fantastic student evaluations and have excellent attendance. Works for me.


13 posted on 10/02/2025 12:05:28 PM PDT by Languager
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“Why, thank goodness?”

Gemini

The phrase “Why, thank goodness?” is an unusual combination. Here are a few ways to correct or rephrase it, depending on the intended meaning:
* If you meant to express relief:
* “Thank goodness!” (This is the most common and standard expression of relief.)
* “Oh, thank goodness.”
* “Why, thank God/Heavens!” (The addition of “Why” often emphasizes the exclamation, but “thank goodness” is usually strong enough on its own.)
* If you meant to ask why someone is thanking goodness (which is rare):
* “Why do you say ‘thank goodness’?”
* “Why are you so relieved?”
Correction: The most likely and natural correction is to remove the question mark and possibly the word “Why”:


14 posted on 10/02/2025 12:08:07 PM PDT by TexasGator (The 750 hp Florida Gnat)
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I think you misinterpreted what I wrote. I’m asking why you wrote thank goodness to my previous post.


15 posted on 10/02/2025 12:14:58 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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“I think you misinterpreted what I wrote. “

I didn’t interpret it.

“I’m asking why you wrote thank goodness to my previous post.”

GEMINI

The phrase “thank goodness” is an interjection used to express happiness or relief that something did or did not happen, especially when a negative outcome was possible.
It essentially means:
* “I am relieved/grateful that things turned out well.”
* “What a relief!”
Example:
“The train was delayed, but I made it to my meeting on time, thank goodness!”
It is often used as a gentler, more secular alternative to the phrase “thank God” or “thank heavens.”


16 posted on 10/02/2025 12:20:34 PM PDT by TexasGator (The 750 hp Florida Gnat)
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To: Languager

I had the same accounting professor my last 3 years at Gonzaga (30+ semester hours). He never used numbers, nothing but essay questions, mid-term and final exams. Nearly 50 years later, I’m still applying the lessons he taught me. His grandson is now the head of the accounting department at GU.


17 posted on 10/02/2025 12:27:33 PM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: karpov

Been working with AI at work. Honestly, it kinda blows. It’s biggest problem is that you can give it the same input over and over and get wildly different results. That’s just not a good business solution.


18 posted on 10/02/2025 12:40:12 PM PDT by discostu (like a dog being shown a card trick)
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To: TexasGator

Sigh. You are being disingenuously literal. Why is it that you think it’s a good thing no one control AI, and all it’s positives and negatives.


19 posted on 10/02/2025 1:39:00 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: discostu

Yeah, these current LLMs absolutely suck. They are the farthest thing from AGI.


20 posted on 10/02/2025 1:49:14 PM PDT by dinodino ( Shut it down anyway. )
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