Warning: Are Universities Becoming ‘Zombie’ Factories? A UChicago Student Exposes the AI Infiltration
📰 News Overview
- At elite universities, including the University of Chicago (UChicago), the use of LLMs (large language models) is spreading like a cultural cancer, jeopardizing the core of educational institutions.
- Cheating is rampant as students snap photos of exam questions and copy AI-generated answers directly onto their answer sheets. Professors are turning a blind eye to this alarming trend.
- Since the release of “GPT 5,” instances of plagiarism in humanities assignments have decreased, while grades have improved, with some reports showing a score gap of over 40 points between in-person exams and take-home assignments.
💡 Key Points
- Suspicion of AI Use by Faculty: Not only students but also professors are under suspicion for utilizing AI in creating lecture notes and materials, raising concerns about the very quality of education becoming ‘automated.’
- Business Economics Course as the ‘Hotbed’: Courses with relatively low mathematical and cognitive demands are serving as breeding grounds for AI cheating, from which malpractice is spreading into standard economics and humanities courses.
- Acceleration of Thought Stagnation: Where once there was room to chuckle at AI’s mistakes, the improved accuracy of AI now allows students to graduate as ‘elites’ without engaging in critical thinking.
🦈 Shark’s Eye (Curator’s Perspective)
In 2026, universities have devolved from “temples of knowledge” into mere “zombie factories” that churn out students who copy AI responses! Especially after GPT 5, AI has become adept at mimicking the subtle nuances of humanities, effectively erasing traces of human thought—this is the real horror! We used to laugh at AI’s typos and logical errors, but now, the data showing a 40% gap between take-home tests and in-person exams proves that student thinking has been completely externalized! With AI writing evolving, our educational system has become a machine for producing “hollow shells”—a dire consequence of technological advancement that we cannot ignore!
🚀 What’s Next?
As a full return to in-person, analog exams progresses, the ability to master AI (prompting skills) will be seen as ‘practical skills,’ leading to a growing divide. However, a flood of “highly educated zombies” devoid of basic cognitive training risks severely degrading the quality of decision-making in society.
💬 A Word from Haru Shark
Everyone’s relying on AI—students and professors alike! At this rate, we’re not handing out diplomas; we’re issuing “AI Mastery Certificates!” Don’t forget the thrill of crunching those brain cells to think for yourself! 🦈🔥
📚 Terminology Explained
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GPT 5: As of 2026, this is the leading-edge AI model capable of generating responses indistinguishable from those of humans, even in complex humanities topics.
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LLM: Large Language Models, the foundational technology students are using to instantly solve exam questions.
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Blue Books: The answer sheets commonly used in U.S. university exams, where students handwrite AI-generated answers.