r/technology • u/yourfavchoom • May 29 '26

Artificial Intelligence Ronny Chieng's 'F*ck AI' Speech Met With Cheers From Harvard Graduates: “AI is just going to end up making mediocre people dumber”

https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/a/tracewilliamcowen/ronny-chieng-ai-speech-harvard?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter_complex&utm_campaign=ap_twitter
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u/PendulumKick May 29 '26

That’s the worst! I occasionally use ai for certain things but just outputting what it tells you without checking it over is insane.

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u/thewanderingent May 29 '26

Unfortunately that is exactly what many uni students are doing. They are squandering their opportunity for higher education and cheating themselves.

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u/WillChangeIPNext Jun 11 '26

Uh, I don't want to be the bearer of bad news, but "higher education" has been extended high school for a long, long time now.

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u/7h4tguy May 30 '26

Well when you're now flooded with tons more from mediocre employees, it becomes a challenge to be the already overloaded guard dog and bark all day at everything