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Edwin Fruehwald on “AI will destroy universities”April 6, 2026
Generative AI has the potential to do catastrophic harm to higher education. This is because learning is a biological process…
Anonymous1 on “AI will destroy universities”April 6, 2026
When the problem of AI-based papers started a few years ago, I immediately switched to in-class essay exams and told…
Is a law degree “worth” the cost in terms of return-on-investment? • TaxProf Blog on Is a law degree “worth” the cost in terms of return-on-investment?April 6, 2026
[…] Brian Leiter has posted on the question: “The answer is still `emphatically’ yes. Lawprof Sloan Speck reviews some recent research…
V. Alan White on “AI will destroy universities”April 6, 2026
I completely agree with both Professor Sagar’s diagnosis and treatment. Students who abuse LLMs in order to merely obtain grades…
Kenneth Pike on “AI will destroy universities”April 6, 2026
In terms of pedagogy, I agree with Professor Sagar. In philosophy courses, at least, the exercise is the point; I…
AG Tanyi on “AI will destroy universities”April 6, 2026
The central claim is that LLMs (or AI more generally, I suppose) is an existential threat to universities. This gets…
Mark on “AI will destroy universities”April 6, 2026
I’m not at a university, so I don’t have a ton to contribute, but I want to subscribe to see…