Harvard '21 grad says Gen Z just uses A.I. to do their homework

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Abstraction: Gen Z uses ChatGPT for homework completion rather than genuine learning

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Harvard 2021 graduate Nadya Okamoto argued at Fortune's Brainstorm Tech that students use ChatGPT to complete homework, not to learn — "C's get degrees"
Chegg lost 49% of its stock value in May 2023 after warning that ChatGPT represented an existential threat to its homework-help subscription business
Chegg CEO Dan Rosensweig announced Cheggmate, a generative AI study assistant designed to guide students through problems rather than just answer them
Rosensweig argues ChatGPT/Bard were built for broad use, while Cheggmate is tailored to students who need to graduate with a skill
Rosensweig called academic institutions "lazy" for not updating curricula or writing exam questions ChatGPT can't answer
Debate highlights tension between AI as a shortcut vs. AI as personalized learning scaffold

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