I attended a conference recently and AI use by academics was absurd

我最近参加了一场会议，学术界对人工智能的使用简直荒谬至极

As we listened to talks most people were stuck doing pointless tasks on their phones and computers. Less than 10%, likely 5%, were listening attentively. This was quite sad for me. 当我们听讲座时，大多数人都沉迷于手机和电脑上做些毫无意义的事情。只有不到 10%（很可能只有 5%）的人在专心听讲。这让我感到非常难过。

The thing I would like to share the most, that shocked me more than any AI use I’ve seen ever—when I was on stage receiving QA post talk among the fellow panelists, everyone but me used AI on their laptops to record their questions and then come up with a response they could use. 我最想分享的一件事，也是我见过的最令我震惊的 AI 使用场景——当我在台上与其他小组成员一起进行演讲后的问答环节时，除了我之外，每个人都在笔记本电脑上使用 AI 来记录问题，并生成他们可以使用的回答。

IDK about others, but I spent a lot of time on my talk and slideshow. The professor who served as the respondent listened for two hours taking a ton of notes then formed thoughtful questions. I cannot believe the laziness and disrespect to the professor’s intellect for all the other panelists to rely on AI for their response. 我不知道别人怎么想，但我为我的演讲和幻灯片投入了大量时间。担任回应人的教授听了两个小时，做了大量笔记，然后提出了深思熟虑的问题。我无法相信其他小组成员竟然如此懒惰，且对教授的智慧如此不尊重，以至于完全依赖 AI 来应付回答。

For me, the seduction of AI to do boring tasks such as translation, CV writing, and job applications, and editing papers is forever there but I choose to believe these tasks benefit me as someone trying to be a so-called intellectual. 对我来说，AI 在处理翻译、撰写简历、求职申请和编辑论文等枯燥任务时的诱惑力始终存在，但我选择相信，作为一名试图成为所谓“知识分子”的人，亲力亲为这些任务对我更有益。

To see everyone around me choose to not think for themselves, when we presenters should be the most knowledgeable in the room about our topics, shocked me beyond anything I’ve seen in academic. 看到周围的人都选择放弃独立思考，而我们这些演讲者本应是房间里对各自主题最了解的人，这让我感到前所未有的震惊，远超我在学术界见过的任何现象。

I am constantly considering the use of AI in the classroom and research and thought this reflection/rant would be relevant here. I’m curious if my fellow Lobsters have seen similar uses of AI or what their opinions are. 我一直在思考 AI 在课堂和研究中的使用，并认为这次反思/吐槽在这里应该很有意义。我很好奇，我的 Lobsters 同仁们是否也见过类似的 AI 使用情况，或者你们对此有何看法。