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From:

channelpenguin

1. lalalala not listening. Grim.
3. er, yeah.

From:

andrewducker

3 isn't really a shocker. But I do think that we're entering an era where this might become ever more of an issue.

From:

channelpenguin

maybe the actual need to write essays is already largely redundant for most people, except pro and hobby writers? Eslpecially if the reading /assessment side ALSO ends up getting LLMed (as seems also to be happening). All depressing.

From:

autopope

Essay-writing is a proxy for a variety of useful life skills that are engaged in building a structured argument. Someone who can't write an essay is arguably unequipped to tear apart someone else's essay -- be the author human or an LLM. Which means they're basically predestined for failure at commenting on or understanding policy papers, academic research, or even understanding newspaper op-eds.

From:

bens_dad

Which means they're basically predestined for failure at commenting on or understanding policy papers, academic research, or even understanding newspaper op-eds.

The serf-overlords wont care about that.

Or they wont think they do, unless they remember that they want us to be a high-value thinking economy.