Hackers' Pub

Hackers’ Pub

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`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
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`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
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Jon Udell @judell@social.coop

6/22/2025, 5:08:57 PM

Public

"The writing is getting better. The ideas are getting worse."

We used to have these things called blue books. You went to class and wrote your final exam essay by hand.

That would be hard on everyone. Students aren't familiar with handwriting. Teachers would have to work harder to get ChatGPT to read the essays.

But it is not "technically impossible"!

https://www.forkingpaths.co/p/the-death-of-the-student-essayand

The Death of the Student Essay—and the Future of Cognition

One professor's reflections on the end of an era, as AI tools such as ChatGPT have murdered the student essay (RIP). Here's why that threatens the future of human cognition—and how to save ourselves.

www.forkingpaths.co

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