@aoanla@hachyderm.io @lednaBM@stranger.social @UlrikeHahn@fediscience.org @apostolis@social.coop @olivia@scholar.social The "just a tool" framing also does a great deal of heavy lifting for the political project that AI represents and forwards. What saddens me most is that this project is nearly transparent, its actors almost totally honest about what they are attempting to accomplish even as they dissemble about it. Yet we go around and around in circles about whether these things are "just" tools, or wring our hands about what to do about students using them, or waffle about whether the tools are useful or have this or that impact on productivity. These things are symptoms, not causes.

@UlrikeHahn@fediscience.org You stated you were pushing back against the characterization of your stance that you were laying responsibility at the feet of your students, and then immediately placed responsibility at the feet of the students! Are you really unable to see this in your own post?

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@lednaBM@stranger.social @UlrikeHahn@fediscience.org @apostolis@social.coop @olivia@scholar.social The fact that you can selectively ignore the strings of a marionette does not mean it is alive, part of our nature, or able to attend and pass a course. I suspect this is even obvious to AI!

@UlrikeHahn@fediscience.org @apostolis@social.coop @olivia@scholar.social There is very little that could be credibly called organic adoption when it comes to AI. It is being fiercely pushed in support of multiple hundreds of billion dollar investment. People are being told repeatedly, in every channel, that AI is inevitable, is here to stay, etc. It is disingenuous to place this responsibility at the feet of students, throw up your hands, or ask someone else to tell you what to do about it. That kind of behavior from people empowered to know and do better is the problem.

@GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social An instance of eating the seed corn, I'd say ( https://buc.ci/abucci/p/1705679109.757852 ).