U of Chicago law school bans laptops from classes amid AI backlash

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baggachipz•about 2 hours ago

Seems a little drastic; couldn't they simply block domains and forbid vpns? Throwing the baby out with the bathwater seems counter-productive when a laptop is so essential for modern classes (far as I can see, I went to school in the pre-laptop era).

xnyan•about 1 hour ago

You can only do that if the school completely controls the laptop. You have to have the professor be able to verify that the student was using an approved laptop each class period. Seems like a nonstarter to me.

stephenbez•about 1 hour ago

Students would just connect to their own hotspot and not have any restrictions.

baggachipz•2 minutes ago

Fair point. The ban makes sense.

shimman•about 1 hour ago

Laptops aren't essential for modern classes, laptops (in the true consumer sense of the world) have barely been a thing that students can easily afford for barely 20 years (more like 15 if we're being honest here).

SV is going to learn that society is allowed to reject technology and the sun will still rise tomorrow.

U of Chicago law school bans laptops from classes amid AI backlash

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