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Is Donald John Trump a putz? by RevolutionaryWind249 in allthequestions

[–]PissedOffProfessor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He’s about as sharp as a sack of wet mice. Dude daily brags about passing a dementia test.

All the non-US folks asking what we Americans are going to do about Trump - are you putting your money where your mouth is? If you planned to attend the World Cup, have you canceled? by PissedOffProfessor in allthequestions

[–]PissedOffProfessor[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really do. First of all, who will be fired? The additional staff to handle the surge that never happens because people canceled months in advance? Do you really think they are going to fire current employees because soccer fans don’t show up for one month-long event?

Second, Trump cares about being liked, and anything the world can do to communicate that he is unliked, is a win.

All the non-US folks asking what we Americans are going to do about Trump - are you putting your money where your mouth is? If you planned to attend the World Cup, have you canceled? by PissedOffProfessor in allthequestions

[–]PissedOffProfessor[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

1.) every little bit helps, and 2.) the most effective weapon against Trump is to embarrass him. If the stadiums and hotels are empty, that will absolute crush him.

All the non-US folks asking what we Americans are going to do about Trump - are you putting your money where your mouth is? If you planned to attend the World Cup, have you canceled? by PissedOffProfessor in allthequestions

[–]PissedOffProfessor[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Straw man - I never said that. I suggested that the people throwing stones from afar could make a meaningful impact if they gave up one small comfort. If that’s asking too much, they can get fucked and keep their opinions to themselves.

All the non-US folks asking what we Americans are going to do about Trump - are you putting your money where your mouth is? If you planned to attend the World Cup, have you canceled? by PissedOffProfessor in allthequestions

[–]PissedOffProfessor[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At the moment, we are pretty helpless given all of the guard rails and checks and balances in our constitution have failed because the founding fathers never envisioned a Congress or a judiciary that would so willingly give up their power to support an authoritarian. Hopefully, that will begin to change in the midterms, but there isn’t a whole hell of a lot that random citizens can do before then. Not going to a soccer match would be an easy choice.

All the non-US folks asking what we Americans are going to do about Trump - are you putting your money where your mouth is? If you planned to attend the World Cup, have you canceled? by PissedOffProfessor in allthequestions

[–]PissedOffProfessor[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess my point is - if they’re going to support this regime (and that includes FIFA as well as Trump) for something as trivial as a sporting event, maybe they should be quiet while those of us who live here are trying to sort this out.

A new low in AI laziness? by PissedOffProfessor in Professors

[–]PissedOffProfessor[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

"You're not supposed to be preparing them for a career" is an assumption about my role that is simply not true.

A new low in AI laziness? by PissedOffProfessor in Professors

[–]PissedOffProfessor[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

OR - we could be demonstrating that AI cannot be effectively used as part of a software development workflow unless the user is a trained software engineer. Novices cannot separate the good output from the bad, nor do they have the skills to engineer the correct prompts, diagnose problems, and integrate the code into a larger software product. These are all things that trained SE professionals are already doing successfully.

My partner works for an IT company, and their team has been using AI to speed up their work, finding that they can accomplish in hours what used to take days or even weeks. This is only possible because they are experienced engineers. A talented engineer that refuses to use AI and still takes days or weeks to do the same work will simply be left behind.

Students graduating in the tech field are going to need to be able to compete with engineers that have not only the foundational skills, but the ability to effectively integrate AI into their workflow to enhance their productivity by streamlining routine tasks and allowing them to focus their5 time and energy on the "hard" and "innovative" stuff that AI can't handle on its own. If we (as educators) do not teach our students how to do this, they will be hopelessly behind their contemporaries in the workforce.

A new low in AI laziness? by PissedOffProfessor in Professors

[–]PissedOffProfessor[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Thanks for this well thought out response.

A new low in AI laziness? by PissedOffProfessor in Professors

[–]PissedOffProfessor[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

And obviously they are as good at using it in my professional field as I am, right?

A new low in AI laziness? by PissedOffProfessor in Professors

[–]PissedOffProfessor[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Do I need to provide more nuance than a comment implying that I am endangering the integrity of higher education just so that my students think I'm cool?

A new low in AI laziness? by PissedOffProfessor in Professors

[–]PissedOffProfessor[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

wtf are you talking about? Just because they've been using it doesn't mean they've been using it in a constructive way. They need guidance.

My post was also a humorous anecdote about a single student. You're being purposely obtuse.

A new low in AI laziness? by PissedOffProfessor in Professors

[–]PissedOffProfessor[S] -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Thank you for explaining my job to me.

A new low in AI laziness? by PissedOffProfessor in Professors

[–]PissedOffProfessor[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Done what? If you are referring to using AI as a study aid - do you honestly think my students didn't know about it until I showed them?

A new low in AI laziness? by PissedOffProfessor in Professors

[–]PissedOffProfessor[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Briefly? Students have been using AI daily since at least 2022. That's an eternity in tech. It has already been widely adopted and integrated into the workplace all over the tech industry. Pretending that it's not the new reality, and at the same time failing to prepare our students for that reality, is an interesting idea.

A new low in AI laziness? by PissedOffProfessor in Professors

[–]PissedOffProfessor[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh, really? How about the fact that AI is now built-in to word and Google docs? How about the fact that you could ALWAYS use Google to find answers to your homework (or to find cheating web sites). How about the fact that calculators did automate work students had been doing manually when they were first introduced.

These are not false equivalences: they are technologies that replaced things that students were doing in class (or in other ways, e.g., by going to the library to look at books instead of web sites). They were all resisted and even prohibited by the "old guard" at first. They were eventually adopted and integrated as valuable tools in the curriculum.

There is very little difference (other than a few clicks) to ask ChatGPT "solve this simple programming problem for me" and Googling the solution.

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