Teachers are surprised they have been opted into having their classes scraped for AI training.
  • francisco_1844@discuss.onlineEnglish
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    1 month ago

    I can’t even think of any valid reason why Udemy would need GenAI. Closed my account. This is the type of behavior I will not accept from a company. If enough people stood up to the Reddit’s and Udemy’s of the world they may, … maybe, be more responsible towards their users and their partners (in this case the people posting courses in Udemy).

  • Beej Jorgensen@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I switched to in-person teaching a couple years ago and am glad I did. It’s been a challenging time as an instructor finding ways to make sure I’m added value.

  • Mrnottoobright@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I feel like even if they had “opted-out” it wouldn’t really matter because the AI would just learn their competitors course and teach it later. This is a strategy that works only when they all collectively opt-out or they don’t. Shady practice from Udemy for sure

    • lurch (he/him)@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      2 months ago

      there is no way they can use the AI to teach anything yet. AI lies like 30% of the time. idk what they will use it for; maybe for search, maybe to polish up presentation, but if they try and use it as a teacher it will fail spectacularly.

  • vapourisation@programming.devEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Thank you for the reminder to delete my Udemy account!

    Gen-AI has 0 place being used in a learning setting, especially one people are explicitly paying for themselves. Sure, let’s all learn from the Bullshit Machine.