Why's the garage door out of control?

Comparison:

You paid thousands of dollars to learn what Toni Morrison had to teach you about the evils of slavery and you gave that valuable lesson away. To your garage door opener.

Writer Jess Walter recognizes that great problems may arise should students decide to allow AI to do assignments. Much is lost! And it's hard to get the car in from the weather when the garage door opener misbehaves.

Context:

And the person who gets cheated in this equation [dynamics that happen when using AI or other shortcuts to achievement] . . . is you. You paid thousands of dollars to learn what Toni Morrison had to teach you about the evils of slavery and you gave that valuable lesson away. To your garage door opener.

Citation:

Walter, Jess. “Beware the AI Shortcut.” Portland Magazine, Winter 2024, p. 29.

(Opener image elements courtesy of Lee Aigue, and A. Dashkova, Flickr CC-2.0 and Liz, Flickr CC-2.0, March 2024.)