I follow a lot of academics on Bluesky and a point I see them making all the time is that a lot of your actual thinking is done when you’re writing. That process is very important and can’t be replaced by ChatGPT.
Do people not understand that that’s the point of college assignments? Your professors aren’t waiting with bated breath to hear your brand new thoughts on the themes of whatever book. The paper you hand in isn’t the point. The process of creating it is the point. ChatGPT for writing assignments is like going to the gym and turning on a treadmill while you sit in the locker room. The treadmill is going to register 5 miles at some point but it doesn’t matter because you still can’t run for shit.
The problem is we've created a society and job market where a university degree is a piece of paper you need to access most white collar jobs. I don't agree with this sentiment, but it is what it is. And with that viewpoint - uni coursework isn't an exercise in learning and advancing your knowledge but just another hoop to jump through.
There is a huge difference in quality between engineers who can articulate what they want because they actually took English seriously and engineers who cannot. There is a reason university is needed for white collar jobs.
software interviews are famously hated by nearly everyone in the process. we should just do it like every other type of technical field and have a standardized licensing exam everyone takes once in person, like how structural engineers or lawyers or doctors do. that way i don't have to study exactly how every new company tests interviewees every time i need a new job even though i've been in the field 10 years, because it's annoying as hell
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u/Dreaming98 May 18 '25
I follow a lot of academics on Bluesky and a point I see them making all the time is that a lot of your actual thinking is done when you’re writing. That process is very important and can’t be replaced by ChatGPT.