InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 days agoA survey says 26% of students ages 13-17 are using ChatGPT to help them with their assignments.www.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up190arrow-down10
arrow-up190arrow-down1external-linkA survey says 26% of students ages 13-17 are using ChatGPT to help them with their assignments.www.npr.orgInevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square49fedilink
minus-squareregul [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·edit-22 days agoAs soon as they start charging for it, folks will stop using it as much. It’s just the same tech cycle as ever: give it out for free or very cheaply until you think people are dependent on it, then jack up the price. Think Uber, Instacart, Netflix, things of this nature. What would be nice is if entire nations weren’t staking their futures on it.
minus-squareAradina [They/Them]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 days agoThose examples aren’t great since people just keep using them despite the cost
minus-squareregul [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 days agoMuch fewer than at their peak and continuing to decline in most cases.
minus-squaremaegul (he/they)@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 days agoYes, but the uptake of this feels categorically different, like some new consumerism has been unlocked, and of course Streaming and under are still here aren’t they.
As soon as they start charging for it, folks will stop using it as much.
It’s just the same tech cycle as ever: give it out for free or very cheaply until you think people are dependent on it, then jack up the price.
Think Uber, Instacart, Netflix, things of this nature.
What would be nice is if entire nations weren’t staking their futures on it.
Those examples aren’t great since people just keep using them despite the cost
Much fewer than at their peak and continuing to decline in most cases.
Yes, but the uptake of this feels categorically different, like some new consumerism has been unlocked, and of course Streaming and under are still here aren’t they.