This is long, but worth reading. It probably was warranted at the onset of the internet to be honest; education has changed so little despite memorization to pass a test in many subjects being worth little in a world where for 30 years nearly any fact or statistic was instantly accessible. It would be supremely ironic if the suddeness of the onset of AI and the fact that institutions/educators/learners are all existentially terrified that it can actually led to critical mass that allows for updating the educational model in the US.

The committee warns MIT professors against replacing undergraduate research assistants with AI agents just because they’re cheaper, because a university exists to grow people, not output.

Undergrads are notoriously criminally underpaid. This is the academic equivalent of taking all the pennies out of the "Take a Penny Leave a Penny" tray to save money.

Study groups are the best part of university.

I learned more in study groups than in some classes, because we’d all hit our heads until someone had an idea, then they had to explain it in a way 6 or more other people understood. Explaining an idea is much harder than thinking of it. Then we’d challenge it, we’d discuss it, build on it, and sometimes we’d show up at the prof’s office door to ask them about it.

It would be a tragedy to see them disappear to closed off AI based chats.

LOL...I guess MIT woke up finally.

My institution made sweeping changes to de-digitize a year ago, and it's only increasing back to pen and paper, chalkboards. Writing and assignments are now pointless unless we teach how to use LLMs.

A little slow to things eh MIT?