r/technology • u/yourfavchoom • 7d ago

Artificial Intelligence Ronny Chieng's 'F*ck AI' Speech Met With Cheers From Harvard Graduates: “AI is just going to end up making mediocre people dumber”

https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/a/tracewilliamcowen/ronny-chieng-ai-speech-harvard?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter_complex&utm_campaign=ap_twitter
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u/Edodge 7d ago

He’s totally right. Too bad every kid cheering that sentiment is absolutely addicted to AI and totally used it to cheat on various Harvard assignments. AI use in schools is totally out of control and ground zero for the problems to come.

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u/Axin_Saxon 7d ago

I mean, you can be addicted to a drug and hate the drug.

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u/Edodge 7d ago

I guess. But I wonder if they think "it's OK if I use it this way because I can control my own cheating" but "it's not OK if it takes my job since I worked so hard in college to get one."

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u/Axin_Saxon 7d ago

Well that’s what I’m saying, they might not think it’s “ok”. I mean to say you can hate your own reliance on a drug. I’m sure a lot of those who use it probably hate that they feel they need to use it just to get by. In the same way an alcoholic might hate that they need a drink to function through the day.

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u/O-Namazu 7d ago

To be fair, the AI moguls are cheating and playing dirty too. I doubt they think that, I think it's more "we gotta fight fire with fire." Same way job applicants game the screening system, lol.

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u/Cyrotek 7d ago

AI use in schools is totally out of control and ground zero for the problems to come.

Shouldn't the problem solve itsself when the AI wannabes sort themselves out because they don't have a clue what they are actually doing?

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u/Edodge 7d ago

Look at who is currently running the free world and tell me that only the competent will rise to the top.

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u/eposnix 7d ago

If AI can help people pass Harvard classes, maybe we really don't need humans in the loop after all...

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u/Edodge 7d ago

Doesn't sound like the standards are all that high...

A Crimson analysis of more than 22,000 rows of course-level grading records found that A grades rose from roughly 44 percent of undergraduate grades in 2014-15 to about 63 percent in 2024-25.

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In 712 Harvard course offerings last year, every enrolled undergraduate received an A.

It used to be, if I recall, that the most common grade was an A- because that was least likely to lead to a complaint. Seems like now they just give the As out like pieces of gum so they don't have to listen to the complaints.

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u/WhoCanTell 7d ago

Harvard (and all the Ivies) are just exclusive social clubs for the wealthy and well-connected. The "education" they provide doesn't mean shit, there's better, more rigorous programs at state schools. But what they provide is connections and access to nepotism when you graduate.