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Computers and the programs will start thinking and the people will stop.\u201d \u2014 Walter<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>2026 students:<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>\u201cHow do you know an assignment is AI proof? Because when it is, students cannot do it.\u201d<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>* <a class=\"auto-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Professors\/comments\/1vkw6by\/how_do_you_know_an_assignment_is_ai_proof_because\/\">https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Professors\/comments\/1vkw6by\/how_do_you_know_an_assignment_is_ai_proof_because\/<\/a><br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>\u201cI assign a profile essay. Have for 30 years. Student interviews a person, records it, writes a paper based off the recording. Citations are timestamps. Should be pretty easy. Has been easy pre-AI. Now, students cannot do it.\u201d<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Snippet from professor\/student dialog:<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>====<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Prof: \u201dStart with what you found interesting.\u201d<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Student: \u201dHow do I know if something\u2019s interesting?\u201d<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Prof: \u201dYou\u2019re asking me how you find something interesting?\u201d<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Student: \u201dYeah.\u201d <br class=\"auto-break\" \/>====<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Chatbots \/ LLMs are not just \"the latest tools\" like using a calculator instead of doing arithmetic yourself.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Students are being robbed of curiosity, learning to discover and notice novelty, how to \u201cfind something interesting.\u201d<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>This isn't cognitive enhancement, this is a tool causing brain rot (loss of curiosity), even a developmental disability. Unclear if it is reversible.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>TRON quote citation: <a class=\"auto-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0084827\/quotes\/?item=qt0406255\">https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0084827\/quotes\/?item=qt0406255<\/a><br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>#<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">TRON<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">TRON1982<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">AIproof<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">interesting<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">chatBot<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">chatBots<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">LLM<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">LLMs<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">AI<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">brainRot<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">AIbrainRot<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">disability<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">Blaugust<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">Blaugust2026<\/span>","generator":{"id":"tag:status.net,2009:notice-source:ostatus","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ostatus"}},"id":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/225\/t1\/tron-prescience-programs-thinking-people-stop","object":{"id":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/225\/t1\/tron-prescience-programs-thinking-people-stop","objectType":"note","content":"1982 TRON prescience: <br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>\u201cWon't that be grand? Computers and the programs will start thinking and the people will stop.\u201d \u2014 Walter<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>2026 students:<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>\u201cHow do you know an assignment is AI proof? Because when it is, students cannot do it.\u201d<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>* <a class=\"auto-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Professors\/comments\/1vkw6by\/how_do_you_know_an_assignment_is_ai_proof_because\/\">https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Professors\/comments\/1vkw6by\/how_do_you_know_an_assignment_is_ai_proof_because\/<\/a><br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>\u201cI assign a profile essay. Have for 30 years. Student interviews a person, records it, writes a paper based off the recording. Citations are timestamps. Should be pretty easy. Has been easy pre-AI. Now, students cannot do it.\u201d<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Snippet from professor\/student dialog:<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>====<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Prof: \u201dStart with what you found interesting.\u201d<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Student: \u201dHow do I know if something\u2019s interesting?\u201d<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Prof: \u201dYou\u2019re asking me how you find something interesting?\u201d<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Student: \u201dYeah.\u201d <br class=\"auto-break\" \/>====<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Chatbots \/ LLMs are not just \"the latest tools\" like using a calculator instead of doing arithmetic yourself.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Students are being robbed of curiosity, learning to discover and notice novelty, how to \u201cfind something interesting.\u201d<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>This isn't cognitive enhancement, this is a tool causing brain rot (loss of curiosity), even a developmental disability. 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