1.07 - Inescapable Plus+ - Cognitive Surrender

Australia's universities have a cheating problem they can't fix. AI-generated assignments now make up a huge share of student submissions, and the institutions responsible for educating the next generation have no answer beyond damage control. Lecturers can't tell what's real. Standards are dissolving. The degree is becoming a receipt for time served.

But the rot goes deeper than plagiarism. Research out of Microsoft and other groups shows people will follow AI guidance even when it's wrong, even when they can see it's wrong. Researchers are calling it "cognitive offloading," and the data is bleak: the more you use these tools, the less you think for yourself. Your critical faculties start to rapidly atrophy from disuse.

Meanwhile, political fractures keep widening. Victoria's Liberal Party dumped Moira Deeming from its upper house ticket and replaced her with a candidate whose public record includes a rat-infested restaurant and a character reference for a convicted child groomer!

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• Victorian Liberals dump Moira Deeming in upper house preselection contest - ABC News
• "Look who celebrated the pre-selection of a J33t? Other J33ts. Not a single Australian @LiberalVictoria are ushering in sectarian ethnic politics @jeff_kennett @Whats_Newsss @NoticerNews https://t.co/aoEJpwjGYt" / X
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• "International student Albert* uses AI to cheat on almost 100 per cent of his coursework, but he has no real worries about being caught. After all, he will be charged $100,000 for his ­Australian education. Ros Thomas has more: https://t.co/A0jbH78hEf https://t.co/ovDrEIKuXZ" / X
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• ‘Lobotomised by AI’: lecturers blow whistle on AI cheating crisis as universities refuse to help
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