According to the Digital Education Council, 86% of students now use AI in their studies, with 54% using it weekly. I can only assume this is because kids these days are too lazy to use AI daily. Kidding, kidding…

But it’s not their fault—professors are also increasingly using AI to evaluate student work, being careful not to spill Drambuie on student papers as they “grade” (also kidding, my dad was a public school teacher for 30+ years).

The problem is, students in the US are paying hundreds of thousands of dollars for the privilege of cheating more effectively than any other generation in history, with a tool that costs $20/month.

Us older folk shouldn’t judge: It’s like trying to teach my toddler not to eat too much ice cream when I bathe in a kiddie pool of rocky road every Sunday. Kids copy what we do not just what we say. And they’re smart enough to know that most adults these days aren’t exactly in libraries hitting the books.

But are colleges still worth it? I’d say they are, in the same way cruises are worth it: there’s inherent value in being around other like-minded human beings, socializing, and greatly increasing our chances of contracting a Norovirus.