I believe the point actually is this: How long before someone designs a "student" program which learns from the Qualrus output how to produce a computer generated essay which maximizes the desired result (an A+)?
At that point we have a professor automating his job with minimal input from himself. Will his skills diminish over time?
We also have a student automating his academic tasks with minimal input from himself. Will his skills in this area of knowledge ever develop?
Are we as a society gradually going to automate our potentials to the point that we all end up being "Joe Six-Packs", teachers and students alike?
Yep, now that you mention it, this sounds like an accurate analysis of the situation. I'm more tech than financial, but I'm getting more interested in financial these days. I knew what selling short was, but I guess I always assumed it was done discreetly. BayStar is openly advertising to anybody with financial savvy that SCO is a good short bet. I wonder where SCO's executive management is putting their money? If they play the game right, SCO will nose-dive and they'll have to boo-hoo all the way to the BANK! I just hope the folks in the lower echelons will be looked after, unlike in the Enron fiasco.
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But since consumers make up the majority of society, don't THEY define what is "good"?
If they don't, then who does? Me? You?
I believe the point actually is this: How long before someone designs a "student" program which learns from the Qualrus output how to produce a computer generated essay which maximizes the desired result (an A+)?
At that point we have a professor automating his job with minimal input from himself. Will his skills diminish over time?
We also have a student automating his academic tasks with minimal input from himself. Will his skills in this area of knowledge ever develop?
Are we as a society gradually going to automate our potentials to the point that we all end up being "Joe Six-Packs", teachers and students alike?
Yep, now that you mention it, this sounds like an accurate analysis of the situation. I'm more tech than financial, but I'm getting more interested in financial these days. I knew what selling short was, but I guess I always assumed it was done discreetly. BayStar is openly advertising to anybody with financial savvy that SCO is a good short bet. I wonder where SCO's executive management is putting their money? If they play the game right, SCO will nose-dive and they'll have to boo-hoo all the way to the BANK! I just hope the folks in the lower echelons will be looked after, unlike in the Enron fiasco.