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"Oppression is best maintained by keeping the masses illiterate."
Reposted by Kevin M. Kruse
https://bsky.app/profile/kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Holly Brewer
@earlymodjustice.bsky.social
To my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Dont surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/history-professor-ai-cheating-students_n_69178150e4b0781acfd62540
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
www.huffpost.com
Nov 20, 2025, 7:22 PM
@earlymodjustice.bsky.social
To my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Dont surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/history-professor-ai-cheating-students_n_69178150e4b0781acfd62540
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
www.huffpost.com
Nov 20, 2025, 7:22 PM
To âmy students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Donât surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.â
— Holly Brewer (@earlymodjustice.bsky.social) 2025-11-21T00:22:28.710Z
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
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"Oppression is best maintained by keeping the masses illiterate." (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
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OldBaldy1701E
(9,588 posts)1. "A college degree is not just about a job afterward -- you have to be able to think, solve problems and apply..."
Yes, but that is exactly what has been removed from education.
We are not taught to think anymore. We are taught to be good little wage slaves. Nothing else is allowed to interfere with that outcome.
MiHale
(12,382 posts)2. The beginning of the Robopocalypse...
If or when Artificial Intelligence gains some level of sentience we are in trouble.
Interesting novel by Daniel H. Wilson, Robopocalypse.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robopocalypse
lark
(25,746 posts)3. Exactly why the fascist R's want to end free education in America. nt