What if the motivational speakers are right? What if your attitude does predict how the world will manifest itself for you? Here are two pieces from the Times on AI: the first is a hilarious and neatly written essay about LLM's writing style; the second is an incisive look at how one professor took on the challenge AI poses to the teaching of the humanities. When the writer goes to LLMs looking for the weirdness of their universally derivative style, he finds it. When the professor goes to an AI-infected student body and decides to revamp how he teaches the humanities, he achieves something important.
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Why Does A.I. Write Like … That?
If only they were robotic! Instead, chatbots have developed a distinctive — and grating — voice.
I’m a Professor. A.I. Has Changed My Classroom, but Not for the Worse.
My students’ easy access to chatbots forced me to make humanities instruction even more human.