Jay Caspian Kang is a staff writer at The New Yorker, where he authors the weekly column Fault Lines. His work often explores themes of culture, society, and media, drawing connections between journalism and pop culture. Kang has been featured in various outlets, including WNYC and RealClearMarkets, and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for commentary in 2024 for his contributions to The New Yorker.
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In the previous installment of this series on the future of higher education, I talked with professors about the ways that A.I. has changed their
By: Jay Caspian Kang, Tara Winstead
In the previous installment of this series on the future of higher education, I talked with professors about the ways that A.I. has changed their classrooms. Most felt despair over the breakdown of a contract between student and teacher, one predicated on the faith that, even if students weren’t always perfect, they would at least challenge themselves to think every once in a while. If students rely on A.I. summaries to do their “reading” for them, if they don’t attempt to put their ideas into prose, are they really learning anything?
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