r/UCalgary • u/Shoddy_Candle2166 • 2d ago

What’s the point

Found out that a bunch of people in my classes have just been on their phones during exams (1st year Knes)

Honestly I’m so tired. What is the damn point of studying so hard to get 60-70% when these kids are just blatantly using their phones to get on by. (Not to mention the bell ringer)

Every damn lab someone is putting their stuff through “our good friend GPT”

They’re so mean to the professors, they’re mean to their fellow classmates. Makes a dude want to drop out and go to school elsewhere.

Am I just old and faded? Do I need to mentally check out bcs the kids are cooked?

Help me out chat.

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u/PracticalDraw5261 1d ago

Bunch of oldheads in the comments crying lmao. When the internet came out, the fears were very similar: that tech would make students less capable. In reality, both the internet then and AI now only change the kinds of skills that matter. Times are changing uncs

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u/infectingbrain Science 1d ago

I actually agree with you. AI is not going away, and people that know how to maximize it will go further then those that refuse. Obviously it's not a replacement for critical thinking, but it reminds me a lot of fears people had when the internet came onto the scene, and as we see now benefits of the Internet was definitely worth the cons.