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I’m not sure I’d yet go so far as to call LLMs an existential threat to universities. But I do…
My big problem with LLMs at the present time, apart from being potentially the epitome of Foucault’s panopticon & Big…
I’m also at a British university (in a law school) and my sentiments largely align with the author’s. I see…
If one is genuinely uninterested in engaging with non-human interlocutors, it is unclear why one continues to do so—especially while…
Maybe people are more interested in engaging with human interlocutors than with machine ones, no matter what the argument.
Essays as coursework has never been just about engaging the argument itself. Authorship matters because it matters that the argument…
We noted the controversy last year (e.g., here and here), and now Professor Ramseyer (Harvard) has prepared a vigorous defense, which he kindly gave permission to share: Download Ramseyer response to critics SSRN-id4000145.
UPDATE: One of the few responses published in an academic journal is this one, which Professor Ramseyer mentions in his reply.
I agree with all of this. The threat is really that stark. The only solution is indeed in-class essay exams,…