Opinion | the Tech Fantasy That Powers A.I. Is Running on Fumes

The Homework Apocalypse threatens a lot of good, useful types of assignments, many of which have been used in schools for centuries. We will need to adjust quickly to preserve what we are in danger of losing and to accommodate the changes AI will bring. That will take immediate effort from instructors and education leaders and clearly articulated p

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They promise a technological revolution and say AI will do tons of different jobs and help us make tons of progress — but one role they never talk about automating away is “CEO.” The same goes for “venture capitalist,” because as egg-headed tech oligarch Marc Andreessen said, it involves a lot of “psychological analysis” unlike professions such as ... See more

And while I am sure that in-class essay writing will come back in style as a stopgap measure, AI does more than help students cheat. Every school or instructor will need to think hard about what AI use is acceptable: Is asking AI to provide a draft of an outline cheating? Requesting help with a sentence that someone is stuck on? Is asking for a lis

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In its desperate hunger for clicks, much of the media has decided to endorse a maximalist interpretation of what AI might do. I’ve cataloged them before: disrupt every industry, eliminate poverty and need, send us off of into the stars, end death. Or, alternatively, threaten everything we’ve built, provoke dystopia, exterminate humanity. Take your ... See more

We worry AI will replace writers. But have you seen most of what’s online? Half the internet is engagement farmers on LinkedIn selling you 5 steps to 10x your productivity by 6am.

You can see this mindset has infected everything:

• We join Twitter for the love of conversation—come out obsessed with likes.

• We pursue research for discovery—then get tr

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