John Henry meme captures what it feels like to be the last student not using ChatGPT
NYCounihan · x · 2026-10-22
A meme compares being the only student not using ChatGPT for schoolwork to the ballad of John Henry — the steel-driver who raced a steam drill, died of exhaustion, and whose job was automated away anyway as the machine kept improving.
The point: refusing AI tools means racing an opponent that only gets better.