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Academics report despair and loss of meaning due to AI in education

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Academics and instructors are experiencing a profound sense of loss and despair due to the integration of AI in education. They feel that AI has diminished the meaning and purpose of their work, leading to a crisis of motivation. While some students embrace AI, others express disdain for instructors who permit its unchecked use, urging them to maintain higher academic standards. This situation is seen as an amplification of a long-standing transactional model of education, where the focus is on degree attainment rather than genuine learning and critical thinking. AI

IMPACT AI's integration into education is causing significant emotional distress and a crisis of meaning for educators, potentially altering pedagogical approaches and student expectations.

RANK_REASON The cluster consists of opinion pieces and commentary from academics discussing the impact of AI on their profession and students.

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Academics report despair and loss of meaning due to AI in education

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    “In the past few years, I’ve spoken to a number of academics and instructors at the college and high-school level who have said similar things. They talk about

    “In the past few years, I’ve spoken to a number of academics and instructors at the college and high-school level who have said similar things. They talk about a sense of loss and of despair, because the one thing that brought them meaning has been erased, or blotted out, by the …

    LINKS newyorker.com/…/the-despair-of-the-profes… newyorker.com/…/fault-lines
  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    "In the past few years, I’ve spoken to a number of academics and instructors at the college and high-school level who have said similar things. They talk about

    "In the past few years, I’ve spoken to a number of academics and instructors at the college and high-school level who have said similar things. They talk about a sense of loss and of despair, because the one thing that brought them meaning has been erased, or blotted out, by the …

    LINKS newyorker.com/…/the-despair-of-the-profes… newyorker.com/…/fault-lines

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