College AI debates are really about people feeling emotionally betrayed by technology
paulnovosad · x · 2026-07-23
The essay argues that college AI debates are not really about cheating or even about AI itself. The deeper point is that students are being emotionally brutalized by a technology that promised to be a helpful companion, which makes the sense of abandonment especially sharp.
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