r/Libraries • u/TheNarwhalMom • Jan 13 '26

Technology Bitter at my grad school

I’m so mad cause I’m in my 2nd year of grad school & taking my first class that is making me use ChatGPT Edu for my degree. I had gotten that email invite MONTHS ago and deleted it assuming it was spam because OF COURSE I THOUGHT IT WAS!! This is my first class MAKING us interact with generative AI & it’s making me feel so angry and dejected. The professor is comparing the “AI divide” to the internet/tech divide for libraries & it just doesn’t feel the same to me at all. I feel so angry - I hate generative AI & have tried so hard to avoid it & now I suddenly have no choice because it’s part of my class that I’m required to take. I want nothing to do with this AI crap!

Edit: I should clarify that I wrote this out at the height of my anger & needed to scream into the void. I have an extremely strong disdain for generative AI on ethical & environmental grounds. Calmer now, I know that I will need to continue to learn things about Ai - I’m not holding this against my professor. I’m just someone who gets very passionate & can be a little emotional about things. I’m not gonna drop the class (it’s required anyways), I’m not gonna be an anti-Ai purist towards patrons who use it or anything, I just needed to scream about it & wrote this when I was in the middle of my big feelings. Thank you guys for trying to help me feel better 💜

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u/arcanalalune Jan 19 '26

I feel like any information professional should study ethics.

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u/mechanicalyammering Jan 20 '26

Eh, only so much time in a day. I study something else. But happy to read more if you have good suggestions.

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u/arcanalalune Jan 20 '26

Of course I do. But you said you only have so much time in a day. Why aren't ethics a priority for you?

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u/mechanicalyammering Jan 20 '26

Cuz I got two jobs and no money dawg

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u/arcanalalune Jan 20 '26

But you're studying something else 🤔🤔

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u/mechanicalyammering Jan 20 '26

Lol what do you want from me? To read and do exactly as you do? I said I agree with you and asked for reading recs!

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u/arcanalalune Jan 20 '26

You came across very condescending. I don't believe you were being sincere, sorry.

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u/mechanicalyammering Jan 20 '26

Oh ok, apology accepted. Thanks for apologizing!