Chat-GPT is ubiquitous in the academic scene, creeping into essay writing, brainstorming, and problem sets. As much as 86% of students admit to using the program, but Alex Benach PO ’28 argues that the staggering environmental costs of generative AI are not worth the ease that AI provides.
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Emily Bender on AI as a ‘stochastic parrot’
On Nov. 12, computational linguist Emily Bender delivered a lecture titled “Don’t Try to Get Answers from a Stochastic Parrot”: the third and final lecture in Harvey Mudd College’s Nelson Distinguished Speaker Series.