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

U of Chicago law school bans laptops from classes amid AI backlash(the-independent.com)

20 points by smurda 2 hours ago | 6 comments

baggachipz 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 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 1 hour ago | |

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

baggachipz 36 minutes ago | | |

Fair point. The ban makes sense.

shimman 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.

nisegami 24 minutes ago | | |

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

The sun may still rise, but the stock market may not.