English professors double down on requiring printed copies of readings

Re:English professors double down on requiring printed copie... by tartoran on Sunday February 01, 2026 @05:14PM (#46849928)

Yes, the genie is out of the bottle but could get back right in when it starts costing more, a whole lot more. I'm sure there's an amount of money for a monthly subscription that you'd either scale back your use or consider other alternatives. LLM as technology is indeed out of the bottle and here to stay but the current business around it is is not quite clear.

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Re:English professors double down on requiring printed copie... by verdverm on Sunday February 01, 2026 @06:26PM (#46850473)

I've pondered that point, using my monthly car payment and usage as a barometer. I currently spend %5 on Ai compared to my car, I get far more value out of Ai

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Re:English professors double down on requiring printed copie... by HWR_14 on Sunday February 01, 2026 @11:39PM (#46852462)

And a lot of people I know get a lot of value out of AI and spend $0. The question is how it compares when no longer being subsidized.

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Re:English professors double down on requiring printed copie... by verdverm on Monday February 02, 2026 @01:11AM (#46852975)

They'll be more capacity for those of us who do pay and maybe some price pressure too if we're lucky

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Re:English professors double down on requiring printed copie... by CamperBob2 on Sunday February 01, 2026 @10:20PM (#46852051)

Yes, the genie is out of the bottle but could get back right in when it starts costing more, a whole lot more.

Local models are already good enough to handle some meaningful programming work, and they run very well on an expensive-but-not-unattainable PC. You could cheat your way through an undergrad CS curriculum with Qwen 80b, certainly, including most liberal-arts requirements.

The genie is not going back in the bottle no matter what happens, short of a nuclear war. There is no point even treating the possibility hypothetically.

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