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Teacher Stunned After Student Argues That People Shouldn't Have To 'Think Anymore' Thanks To ChatGPT
Apr 02, 2026
There's no doubt that ChatGPT and similar tools are growing in relevance and application, and they're growing fast. The problem is that many people, especially younger individuals, seem to struggle with how much they should depend on the tools.
We already knew that ChatGPT could be a problem regarding critical thinking and creativity, so maybe we should have anticipated the mindsets that would develop, snubbing independent thinking when tools like ChatGPT are available.
But teacher and Redditor mobius_ posted in the "Teachers" subReddit, shocked by their student's shifting mindset.
The teacher wrote:
"[I had a] terrifying conversation in high school ninth-grade math today."
Redditor mobius_ explained:
"In the math world, we’ve been dealing with students using apps to generate ideas/answers, etc., for years."
"In my upper-level classes, I try to work with kids to help them either pick better resources to support learning or use it as a learning tool, not a completion tool."
"In the Freshman Algebra 1 course today, I have a student who will almost always ask how this applies to real life. Not in the typical 'I don’t want to learn this' way; he’s genuinely curious about applications."
"Another kid jumps in, not reading the conversation right, and says, 'I’m with ya, man… why do we really need to learn any of this? ChatGPT will just do it all way faster.'"
"I reply with my more standard answer of learning and building problem-solving skills and how that’s also an equally important part of my job: learning how to use our brains and make informed decisions."
The teacher was deeply concerned by the conversation.
"This kid answers back, not just trying to rage bait me, that he does not think that’s a legitimate thing that’s important in the world anymore due to ChatGPT. That all decision-making in the future will be done by AI, so why do we have to learn anything, and why do we have to think anymore?"
"I try to challenge/push back a little with how important it is at their age to learn how to use their brain. Same answer back."
"So finally, I propose, 'Okay, you’re working a job five years from now, and there is an intense situation where you need to make an urgent decision.'"
"The student said, 'I’d tell my boss I was going to use ChatGPT, and they’re going to be happy about it because that’s going to always make the right choices.'"
"Agh. This scares me."
Fellow Redditors urged the Original Poster (OP) to revisit this conversation and frame it a little differently.
"I would circle back to this and ask, 'Why does your boss even need you if you're just going to ask ChatGPT for the answer? Wouldn't he just fire you and use ChatGPT himself instead?'" - sorta_good_at_words
"What Redditor sorta_good_at_words said is what I tell my students. They respond well to this; it gives them a moment to pause and think."
"I frame it as if they won't even be needed in the future if they are just an AI promptor with no original thoughts or ideas. Not just being fired, but being totally non-existent in society." - Environman68
"'In the event of an apocalypse, do you want to be a survivor, building a new world, or one of the people who panics because they don't have ChatGPT telling them what to do?' You're teaching them valuable post-apocalyptic survival skills!" - PipsqueakPilot
"I don’t think a hypothetical about the collapse of society would really be useful in a debate about that because it wouldn’t reflect on actual real life. Yes, it’s possible, but the rebuilding of society would be done by the survivors after the majority of us starved to death or died to whatever caused the collapse."
"I had a student act this way once. My response was, 'If I were your boss, then why would I hire you and pay you a salary then? Wouldn't it save me a lot of money for me just to fire you and get me a $20 a month GPT subscription? Why do I want you around if you can't think better than a program that doesn't even think?' All rage baiting and will to argue lost." - ScreamSalvation
"I remind my students that rich people are not investing in AI so that they can pay you more. If the only skills you have are the ones that can be done by AI, you will have a hard time finding a job."
"Also, language models like ChatGPT make plenty of mistakes in doing and explaining math. I know they'll get better, though." - chrisdub84
Others pointed out the importance of teaching students how to properly navigate these tools.
"You’d find much more success in pointing out that ChatGPT isn’t going to be always accurate, and you need to have the capability to at least recognize that you’re getting a dubious answer in the first place."
"Remind them that they won’t always be dealing with AI; they will still be mostly dealing with other people who will also give you dubious data. You need strong foundational knowledge in order to be able to scrutinize the world."
"In the end, if you turn to an LLM to answer all your questions, why would anyone ask or need anything from you? More importantly, who would pay you?" - RookieGreen
"AI hallucinations are a known problem with AI tools. My company uses a 'trust, but verify' policy. Our AI governance analyst said that she tried asking AI to digitize her grandmother’s handwritten recipes as a gift for her cousins."
"AI got several right, but then just straight up invented a cookie recipe that wasn’t in there at all. Trust, but verify."
"We used it at a department level to analyze our sales portfolio. Knowing that AI struggles with large data sources, it was great for generalizations (which is what we used it for), but in no way would I be comfortable giving it as hard data to upper management."
"I think a good 'research' project may be researching instances where AI has hallucinated data and/or sources, and it has caused serious embarrassment and ruined careers. The Dept of Health and Human Services has gotten in trouble with that several times in the past few years. AI could probably even help with that. lol." - lucydaisy_6
"I'd also have them realize AI is a computer and computers need to be updated because we're not going to be in 2088 using the same computers as 2026... And how do we get there, ~learning~ and ~using our brains~." - Dragonchick30
"If you drill down to the core of the issue, it comes to this: do you want to be an obedient servant to AI tools, blindly following orders, or do you want to be the master that is able to use the AI for personal benefit?"
"As the world is getting more advanced, the need for higher intelligence and critical thinking skills only increases. Now, even farmers need to have a basic understanding of technology just so they can use all the advanced machinery."
"Sure, AI can tell you everything you need to know, but you still need to be able to understand what it is telling you. You need to be able to understand when it is doing something wrong." - Effective_Olive6153
"I've been doing observations in a ninth-grade algebra class. On Monday, my mentor teacher made the choice to no longer give 'homework.' No student work would be done outside of class. She provides in-class time for them to complete the work on pencil and paper."
"She told the class that too many of them were cheating and then bombing the tests. They were just getting further and further behind because they weren't learning the previous skills."
"Well, she made this announcement Monday, and OVER HALF the class ripped their papers to shreds and threw them away/in the floor. They put their heads down the ENTIRE class. We even had the principal in there, and they refused to do anything."
"Their homework was every other day. And it's five questions... They are refusing to do any work in class now because they can't go home and cheat on FIVE problems."
"I've been genuinely flabbergasted." - Opening-Conflict17976
Hearing conversations like this is genuinely bleak. It's important that these students learn that, while they will likely want to use these tools, they need to learn how to properly navigate them and how to allow their independent thinking and ChatGPT's results to work together, not allow one to fully replace the other.
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Video Of Crows Ripping Out Animatronic Rapunzel's Hair At Tokyo DisneySea Goes Viral—And Yikes!
Apr 02, 2026
Disney princesses are usually known for their whimsical singing and befriending creatures from all across the animal kingdom, but Princess Rapunzel at Tokyo DisneySea may have misunderstood the assignment.
Earlier this week, Rapunzel was caught on video at DisneySea in Tokyo, but she didn't go viral for her cheery demeanor or her singing voice, which passers-by can hear from the base of her elegant tower. Rather, it was a pair of intruders who put her in the spotlight.
A pair of viral videos featured the animatronic Rapunzel singing in her tower, and while the animatronic figure still looks cheery, it's unsettling rather than sweet, because two large crows are in the process of ripping out her long, golden hair, likely to use for their nests.
As Rapunzel continues to sing, swaying back and forth in the tower window, one crow perches on her shoulder, pulling on her hair, while the other crow stands on top of her head, ripping out large chunks of hair, as its tail periodically obstructs Rapunzel's face from view.
While all of this is happening, Princess Rapunzel appears to be hardcore dissociating.

One of the videos was filmed from the base of Rapunzel's tower as passers-by looked on in shock as the crows made themselves at home.
The second video offers a much more unforgiving look at what's happening, as Rapunzel is in full view as the crows gather her hair.
Some fans were shocked by what they were watching.
Others referenced Olaf's malfunction at Disney Adventure in Paris, saying that Disney animatronics were having a rough week.
Some theorized that something was afoot among the evil queens after the dismissal of "La Reina."
The only update so far is that Rapunzel has been removed from her tower to deter the crows from continuing their nesting activities and to give Rapunzel a much-deserved spa day.
At least Rapunzel was removed from the tower before the crows could remove all of her hair or start recreating a scene from Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds.
Mother Gothel might think that she knows best, but hopefully, she won't mind Rapunzel stepping away just this one time. Of the many times that she required the princess to let down her hair, this surely isn't what she meant!
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Bald Men Are Up In Arms Over Viral Chart That Predicts Political Affiliation Based On A Man's Haircut
Apr 02, 2026
Can a man's haircut tell you his political affiliation? Scientifically, of course not... but we probably all have a gut feeling about it, regardless!
And a TikToker has followed that lead by developing a chart that predicts a man's political persuasion based on his hair alone—and bald men are NOT happy about it.
The chart is similar to the "horseshoe theory" of politics, in which the left-right political spectrum is shown as a horseshoe-shaped arc with a right-hand end denoting fascism and a left-hand end denoting a leftism so extreme it's basically fascism too.
And, well, that right-hand end denoting fascism? That's where bald men fall, according to the chart. And boy are bald men on the internet heated about it!
@trustdcritics Where do you fall on this? #haircuts #malehaircut
TikToker @trustdcritics shared the chart over the weekend, claiming that it's mostly spot on. As he put it:
"Based on my experience with male haircuts, I would say this is like 75 percent accurate. Where do you fall, is the question."
It certainly generated a lot of conversation.
The dead center of the chart, denoting liberal centrism, has what most would consider the standard white male haircut. Neat, tidy, side-swept, unremarkable.
To the left come the messier cuts, the manbuns, and the long flowing manes, with men's hair getting longer and wilder the farther left they go.
That is until you reach the end of the left side that starts to move toward communism—then you start getting into those "high and tight" type haircuts, with the scale hilariously ending on what appears to be the pate of Kim Jong Un.

The right side is much more straightforward, going from the slicked-back look of corporate capitalist sociopaths like American Psycho's Patrick Bateman, to the buzzcuts beloved by neo-Nazis.
That is, until you get to the final stop: Full-on fascism with not a hair to be found on the head. Think psychopath-in-chief Stephen Miller. And, like, every Oakley sunglasses-wearing, flag-obsessed MAGA acolyte.
Now of course, there's nothing scientific about this, though depending on your sensibilities, it certainly FEELS true!
But as you might guess, bald men were NOT having any of this, especially since they've already lost their hair! They have enough problems!
As one TikTok user @kylepilling7 put it:
"Acting like I woke up one day and chose baldness."
And he was far from the only bald man who objected to being called a fascist.






Others had other criticisms, like that some of these haircut definitions are out of date. For instance, one user pointed out that manbuns nowadays tend to be pretty far-right, like most crunchy-granola-oriented things these days.

While others pointed out that not only are ALL of these haircuts white men, but the TikToker left out arguably the most iconic leftist revolutionary in history: shaggy-haired Che Guevara, whose 'do isn't even represented.

Guess we need another pass at this haircut theory to truly find the accuracy!
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Republicans Slammed For Soulless One-Word Response To Democrats' Trans Day Of Visibility Tweet
Apr 02, 2026
According to research by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law, transgender people in the United States were over four times more likely than cisgender people to be victims of violent crime based on statistics from 2017-2018. A study by the non-profit Everytown for Gun Safety found the number of trans people murdered in the U.S. nearly doubled between 2017and 2021.
In the last 5–9 years, those figures have only increased as the Republican Party has made trans people the target of many of their political campaigns and legislative actions.
Because of the violence trans people face globally, the Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) is observed annually on November 20 to honor transgender and gender-nonconforming people murdered for simply existing. Founded in 1999 by activist Gwendolyn Ann Smith, it began as a vigil for Rita Hester, a Black transgender woman murdered in 1998 in Allston, Massachusetts.
The first local vigil turned into an international day of action observed in dozens of countries and hundreds of cities worldwide.
Realizing a contributing factor to violence is ignorance, the International Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV) was begun in 2009 by Michigan-based transgender activist Rachel Crandall-Crocker. The March 31 event is to celebrate living transgender people, providing a positive alternative to TDOR, and to combat stereotypes and increase global visibility.
In recognition of the day, the Democratic Party's official social media accounts shared a message.
The DNC wrote:
"Trans rights are human rights."
"This Transgender Day of Visibility, we honor the resilience of transgender and nonbinary Americans and celebrate their incredible courage."
Trans rights are human rights.This Transgender Day of Visibility, we honor the resilience of transgender and nonbinary Americans and celebrate their incredible courage.
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— Democrats (@democrats.org) March 31, 2026 at 8:38 AM
On vocal transphobe Elon Musk’s social media platform X, the National Republican Senatorial Committee decided to repost the DNC's TDOV message.
They very cleverly captioned their X repost:
"No"
The post was heavily ratioed, with people calling out the GOP and their priorities in the comments.




While the GOP organization kept their transphobic message to X where they mistakenly believed their bigotry would be supported, screenshots of their ignorance were shared on other platforms.






Why is Transgender Day of Visibility important?
Transgender people are a very small portion of the population, but they receive outsized government scrutiny, demonization, hatred, and violence.
Some of that could be countered with education and visibility as many people have never had a personal interaction with a trans person.
Despite no record of attacks on women and girls by trans people in bathrooms, the GOP still focuses on bathroom bans that target trans women and ignore trans men.
Despite only a handful of trans people participating in organized sports, the GOP has spent years and millions of dollars pushing bans on trans women and girls participating in sports from the peewee level to the Olympics.
The NCAA was pushed in 2024 to reverse their policy on trans athletes even though there were less than 10 trans student athletes out of 510,000—which included those who identified as nonbinary and as men—participating in college sports.
And none of the trans women were "dominating" or winning all their competitions like Republican rhetoric claims they would.
Congressional hearings, which range from $20,000 to over $50,000 per day in operational costs, were held in 2024 to address what to do about less than 0.002% of NCAA athletes. Despite years of transphobes trying to find proof for their cause, a trans athlete's only harm they could find was causing a fifth place swimmer to get her trophy in the mail.
If more people were aware that Republican bathroom bans and sports bans are wasteful spending of money and effort to address issues that never existed, maybe they could vote for productive representation.
Or at least pressure their GOP government officials to focus on something that does more than target and victimize an already vulnerable population.
Imagine what could be accomplished.
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Pete Hegseth Slammed After Calling Off Investigation Into Army Helicopter Fly-By At Kid Rock's House
Apr 02, 2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was criticized for calling off the U.S. Army's investigation after MAGA musician Kid Rock posted a video of an Army Apache helicopter doing a fly-by at his Nashville home.
The video shows Kid Rock saluting as the aircraft hovers near his property, standing next to a replica Statue of Liberty by his pool. In the brief clip, a helicopter that appears to be an AH-64 Apache—an attack helicopter used by the U.S. Army and National Guard—flies at low altitude near his estate in Whites Creek.
The Tennessee property covers about 180 acres and includes a large custom-built mansion designed to resemble the White House, a theme long tied to the singer’s public image. In the footage, Kid Rock stands near the pool while the helicopter briefly hovers overhead before flying off.
You can see the video below.
The Army previously said it had launched a review to determine whether any safety rules were violated during the unexpected fly-by. Military aircraft flights are generally carried out as part of routine training rather than at the request of private individuals.
Several key details, however, remain unclear. It has not been confirmed which unit the helicopter belonged to, whether the flight was part of a scheduled training mission, or if there was any coordination with people on the ground. Hours earlier, an Army spokesperson said the crew had been suspended from flying.
In an interview with WKRN, Kid Rock said the pilots fly out of Fort Campbell and that he regularly sees helicopters in the area, noting, “It’s not the first time" they've flown over his property. He recalled speaking to pilots during a Thanksgiving celebration at the military base last year, saying he told them they were “always welcome” to pass by his home.
Hegseth then retweeted Kid Rock's post about the fly-by and announced he had called off the investigation, referring to the pilots as "patriots":
"Thank you @KidRock. @USArmy pilots suspension LIFTED. No punishment. No investigation. Carry on, patriots."
You can see his post below.

He was swiftly called out.
It sure is nice to know that this is what our taxes are funding.
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