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The Professor and the Plutocrat and AI

Daniel W. Drezner · 29 Aug 2026

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  1. Our reading

    AI output quality is mixed at best without strong underlying critical thinking skills.

    Their wordsWithout a well-developed set of critical thinking skills, AI outputs will yield variegated results at best

  2. Our reading

    Eliminating paper-writing as a student assignment would remove a core skill needed for most professions requiring a graduate degree.

    Their wordsI am extremely concerned that this trend will eliminate paper-writing as an assignment, and that is a core function of most professions requiring a graduate degree.

  3. Our reading

    Many professors do not write their own newspaper op-eds themselves.

    Their wordsThe dirty secret is that many professors do not write their own op-eds.

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