Learning and Education
Ian Bogost • This Year Will Be the Turning Point for AI College
the corrupting power of convenience
Stephen Marche • The Undergraduate Essay Is About to Die
Self destructive doubt, when it is an academic’s job to doubt?
What does it say about what we ask students to do in school that we assume they will do whatever they can to avoid it?
John Warner • ChatGPT Can't Kill Anything Worth Preserving
Ian Bogost • This Year Will Be the Turning Point for AI College
misplaced motivation caused by societal incentives and pressures. To succeed or even survive, the bar is so high. When assignments/classes feel arbitrary, a means to an end, an obstacle to overcome or an obligatory box to check, there is every incentive to expedite the process of learning and none to engage with it.
utilitarian framing of education: how does this make me more hirable
humanistic framing of education: learning how to think deeply and solve problems
I wonder if I would have loved reading in high school if I was reading the what I now love. Is the selection to blame or are my tastes so very different? If I read The Scarlet Letter today, would I resent it like I have or find it as profound as my teachers promised it would be?