We are struggling to receive the lessons of discipline that used to come from having to complete complicated work on a tight deadline

I made every effort I could to not use AI. I never even used chegg or stackoverflow to get quick homework answers. I always did work by myself because I genuinely loved the aspect of learning where it feels like I’m solving a puzzle and trying to understand things.

And yet I fucking hate deadlines and never stopped being a procrastinator.

Many of us were propelled by a kind of frantic productivity as we approached midnight, putting the finishing touches on our ideas and work.

People knew how to take shortcuts before AI as well. What is this gaslighting? AI of this level has not been around for more than 3 years. The “frantic productivity” is nothing to reminisce happily about. I remember how many sleepless nights I had. I remember kids crying to the teacher. I remember doing other kids’ homework cause they were deep in the shit. None of it taught me anything. Instead, the constant stress has made me into less of a person.

The technology has also led students to focus on external results at the expense of internal growth.

I’m sorry kid. You gotta learn the truth early. This has been the case in the adult world forever as well. Things weren’t different in my time.

Something I once loved now feels empty.

I feel sad for this kid.

Many of us are so accustomed to outsourcing that we’re dulling the very instincts that we need to prevail in life: grit, critical thinking, and the ability to function smoothly under stress.

This kid has such an idealistic outlook in life. They have exchanged out “ass-kissing, head-lowering, parroting and coping” with these high sounding phrases.