🤖🤥 »… the term "carbon footprint" was developed by BP to offload responsibility for climate change onto individuals. Something like that's happening in higher e
A social media post suggests that the concept of a "carbon footprint" was created by BP to shift climate change blame to individuals. The author draws a parallel to higher education, where institutions are reportedly capitulating or evading the issue of AI use by students, leading students to believe their submission of AI-generated work is a personal failing rather than a systemic one. AI
IMPACT Suggests a parallel between corporate framing of environmental issues and how AI use is being handled in academia, potentially impacting institutional policies and student accountability.