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Students eschewing AI

2025-07-15 23:07:06.750853+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

Slate: What It’s Like to Be a Student Who Hates ChatGPT: “Everyone is using it”—almost everyone.

Understandably, Perry’s rather skeptical of A.I.’s artistic applications, and fearful of the sweeping effects it could have on her chosen field, especially as generative-music startups like Suno and Udio are programmed to replicate specific artists and musical styles. Which is why she’s not too happy that her school, and her professors, is straight-up encouraging the use of this tech. One particular assignment really got to Perry: She was instructed to write a descriptive note about a classical piece for a concert program, then ask ChatGPT to do the same thing, compare and contrast, and see whether the bot could hasten the task.

“What I found was that everything that ChatGPT returned about my piece was incorrect,” Perry said. “The composer was right, but the composition date and other facts about the piece were either half-truths or not accurate at all. So in my summary, I was like, This was not useful, and in fact, it wasted my time.”

Perhaps that's the lesson?

Via.

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