the GenAI hype
Does being able to write still matter when chatbots can do it for us? Teenagers weigh in on an essay from Opinion.
What Students Are Saying About Learning to Write in the Age of A.I. (Published 2024)

Despite initiatives that date back to the ’90s to give schools cheap and easy access to the internet, a quarter of the school districts in the US don’t even have broadband that’s fast enough to support some of these applications. It’s hard to have an education revolution when the page won’t load.
ChatGPT isn’t just for cheating anymore
you don’t know the full truth about generative ai ‘writing.’
youtu.beA 2024 survey of college applicants found that about 50 percent had used AI for brainstorming essays, 47 percent had used it to create an outline, and about 20 percent had used it to generate first drafts.
Students try using AI to write scholarship essays — with little luck
AI and ESSAY WRITING - why is it important to write your own essays in your own words?
A Song for Liezel_Research and Inspo
Preaching strengthens your own conviction, telling your own story, writing your own essay, writing your own ideas Practice thinking thoughts and communicating them
For many high school students, artificial intelligence only heightens the anxieties around applying to college. How much of their application will be read by a human?
AI Is Taking Over College Admissions
If the students are using AI to write their essays, teacher are using AI to write recommendation letters, and colleges are using AI to read them, what is the point of any of this?
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