Forget about AI, let us write papers

Welcome to The Phoenix’s weekly digest. Every week during the quarter, you can expect our writers’ takes on some campus happenings.

Welcome to The Phoenix’s weekly digest. Every week during the quarter, you can expect our writers’ takes on some campus happenings. This week, managing editor Owen Yingling responds to the AI-prompted replacement of papers as a mode of assessment in humanities courses at the College. On Tuesday, the Philosophy Department hosted a “forum” in Rosenwald 015 where “students [could] share their thoughts about how AI-related changes to syllabi are affecting their classes.” I’d like to imagine it was a meaty and thoughtful discussion and not at all like the pointless monologing, confusion, and…

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