I am quite surprised that in the school I am teaching in, student have a much more negative attitude towards genAI than professors, especially in the context of education.
30% of the professor feel that genAI can play a role in education, whereas only 11% of the student holds the same view.
That seems to reflect quite well in my homework, only a very small minority (10%) uses some extend of genAI in writing open-ended writing homeworks.
To be completely frank, that is a very disrespectful thing to say.
My students are intelligent and capable, and most importantly they are very respectful of other’s time and effort, both their teacher and their peer by choosing to understand the material instead of cheating.
They go into school because to improve themselves by understanding and absorbing existing knowledge, not because they are ignorant.
Actually no… a few months ago, it was deduced from MS public reporting that something like less than 1% of their customers are actually paying for Copilot (there is a free version they are pushing on everyone)
And even those paying are still not covering the cost of running AI for MS… so far, MS has done nothing but lose money on Copilot… they are only making money on stocks because of the hype and some money on forcing people to buy new hardware
They’re saying that a lot of Copilot functionality comes bundled in with Microsoft 365 plans, which a big portion of organizations pay for. That’s opposed to paying for Microsoft subscriptions dedicated specifically to Copilot, that being what your source is describing.
Yes but that is the case as MS is shoving Copilot down everyone’s throat, the question is whether they are making money with Copilot or not and the answer to that would be “no” since the moment MS wants a single extra $1 for Copilot, clients say no
I imagine the low level form of each model being free indefinitely, possibly ad supported. It’s already probably becoming the most consistent “we’re pretty sure this is from a human” training data they have.
Open source models exist that can run on small devices for free. There are also some that need a chonky PC to run and have decent output quality. LLMs as a tool aren’t going to go away, but the AI industry is going to go through a massive contraction.
Tell me about it when they stop using it so much.
I am quite surprised that in the school I am teaching in, student have a much more negative attitude towards genAI than professors, especially in the context of education.
30% of the professor feel that genAI can play a role in education, whereas only 11% of the student holds the same view. That seems to reflect quite well in my homework, only a very small minority (10%) uses some extend of genAI in writing open-ended writing homeworks.
Students are ignorant, it’s why they are students.
AI is a tool like any other, you can build something with it, or you can cut your hand off.
To be completely frank, that is a very disrespectful thing to say. My students are intelligent and capable, and most importantly they are very respectful of other’s time and effort, both their teacher and their peer by choosing to understand the material instead of cheating. They go into school because to improve themselves by understanding and absorbing existing knowledge, not because they are ignorant.
they will stop using it the second it’s no longer free… and it cannot be free forever because the bubble has to pop at some point
sad that it will take this long but here we are
Many orgs already pay for it. Copilot is pretty standard in enterprise editions of microsoft
Actually no… a few months ago, it was deduced from MS public reporting that something like less than 1% of their customers are actually paying for Copilot (there is a free version they are pushing on everyone)
And even those paying are still not covering the cost of running AI for MS… so far, MS has done nothing but lose money on Copilot… they are only making money on stocks because of the hype and some money on forcing people to buy new hardware
Enterprise solutions = most universities. Important because CoPilot keeps all data local.
They’re saying that a lot of Copilot functionality comes bundled in with Microsoft 365 plans, which a big portion of organizations pay for. That’s opposed to paying for Microsoft subscriptions dedicated specifically to Copilot, that being what your source is describing.
Yes but that is the case as MS is shoving Copilot down everyone’s throat, the question is whether they are making money with Copilot or not and the answer to that would be “no” since the moment MS wants a single extra $1 for Copilot, clients say no
I imagine the low level form of each model being free indefinitely, possibly ad supported. It’s already probably becoming the most consistent “we’re pretty sure this is from a human” training data they have.
Open source models exist that can run on small devices for free. There are also some that need a chonky PC to run and have decent output quality. LLMs as a tool aren’t going to go away, but the AI industry is going to go through a massive contraction.
And that darn rock & roll music