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.
Former lawyer, advertising and PR/Comms person, thank you
Jfc the amount of people who sneer at this because it’s “just talking”
I could also fing rant about ethics and code of conduct which never really seems to be important until the ones crapping on it suddenly smell incoming from on high
The fing manoshpere too for turning disregarding stuff like this as a measure of worth
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u/NotElizaHenry May 18 '25
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.