Am I the only one terrified that in 10 years I'll be treated by doctors who wrote all their med school papers with ChatGPT?

They've been cheating forever, just with different tools. My dad (surgeon) talks about how they passed around handwritten cheat sheets in the 80s. Brother had "test banks" in the 90s. Cousin had Wikipedia in 2000s. Students always optimizing for grades not learning. AI just latest shortcut. Doctors still gotta pass boards/residency where memorizing won't help

Y'all think professors can't tell??? We absolutely can. Student writes 3 barely coherent papers then suddenly submits graduate-level analysis? Riiiiight. Same kid emailing at midnight asking for basic clarification on assignment requirements? We know. We just lack institutional support to address it

Current education system deserved disruption. Memorizing facts = pointless skill in information age. Critical analysis, creativity, wisdom = what matters. AI exposing how much busywork exists in our education system. Maybe good thing???

Stop catastrophizing! Consulting already evolved this way. clients paying $350/hr for powerpoints AI could make in seconds. Capitalism always been about perception not competence. Welcome to reality of "professional" work. System will adjust. World keeps spinning

Question reveals deeper anxiety: what if human contribution unnecessary? Disturbing precisely because plausible. Academia measures obedience to process rather than mastery of material. Yet distinction remains between performing knowledge and embodying wisdom. We fear AI exposes educational theater we've perpetuated for centuries

AI helps WITH fundamentals, not replace them. Using AI to explain concepts I don't understand, then integrating knowledge through practice questions, simulations, hands-on labs. Anyone skipping integration step fails immediately in clinical rotations. System self-corrects

Hiring manager for Fortune 500. Discovered unsettling trend past year: candidates with perfect résumés/portfolios falling apart in technical interviews. Implementing work simulations + real-time problem-solving instead. Adaptation requires effort but separates AI-dependent from genuinely skilled

We're witnessing the shift from knowledge-based education to cognitive augmentation pedagogy where AI tools function as extensions of human intellect rather than replacements. Historical parallels exist with calculators, books, and even writing itself - all initially feared as making humans "lazy" yet ultimately expanding collective capabilities

Bring back handwritten blue book exams. Problem solved. Next!

German university implemented AI collab policy: "use if declared, explain how utilized." Result? Students using AI better than their professors. They're learning prompt engineering, result evaluation, fact-checking... essentially developing critical framework for information processing. Different skills but arguably more valuable

Fascinating watching everyone panic about knowledge workers when skilled trades laughing all the way to bank. Plumbers, electricians, mechanics = careers immune to AI disruption. Son's welding apprentice salary > daughter's marketing degree starting offer. maybe reconsider what "valuable" education means?

Perhaps unpopular: education never about content, always about process. content = temporary, disposable. Learning how to think = permanent asset. AI-assisted student who understands limitations + appropriate application > traditional memorizer. Future belongs to wise users, not producers or avoiders