Both authors from each text come from an education/educator point of view when it comes to dealing with AI, though the way they come to learn about this knowledge is completely different. The author of “What Happens After AI Destroys College Writing” is a professor, a writer and obtained his knowledge of AI through his students. As for the author of “The Gen Z Lifestyle Subsidy” she actually served on an editorial board at an AI firm. The fact that both authors, despite one of them initially being and working for AI and the other against AI came to the same conclusion that AI is harmful. Both texts are speaking towards Gen Z as they are the main focus in both texts, but they also speak to those who are for and against AI. 

Now where these texts start to differ is that the “What Happens After AI Destroys College Writing” also speaks on the good things AI provides. One of these benefits is being able to have more free time for yourself, where it was stated in the text “He’d just finished finals and estimated that he’d spend between 30 minutes to an hour on 2 papers– without the assistance of Claude, it might have taken him 8 or 9 hours. This quote pretty much sums up most of the reasons AI was useful to students in this text, it speaks on how much time students are able to save by using AI. Quickly after  the real issue lies in the effects of getting spontaneous answers where some students then said “I didn’t retain anything, I couldn’t tell you the thesis for either paper”. This quote perfectly demonstrates how the use of AI doesn’t just speed up the learning process but also speeds up the rate at which you forget said information. This shows why many teachers despise AI,  not because it helps you learn but because you don’t struggle to retain information. 

The second article “The Gen Z lifestyle subsidy”  also speaks on the negative impacts of AI but not from a classroom perspective but from a financial standpoint. This article is trying to bring to light the schemes of AI companies. The scheme is to release free versions of AI now to build trust so that when they put everything behind the paywall they can begin to gain all of their money back. The text states “just last week Sam Altman the startup’s CEO suggested that his company spend tens of millions of dollars processing please and thank you messages”. This quote demonstrates the length AI companies will go to for this plan as spending millions just to process simple thank yous and pleases. Now don’t forget this is about Gen Z as they are AI companies biggest source of traction whether that using it for school work, generating grocery list, or even dating advice, AI companies are betting on the fact so many people begin to rely on AI so much that when they put those paywalls up people will blindly pay it. AI was only introduced in 2022 and has caused a complete uproar within schools workplaces and more it even has some teachers questioning whether a student can write that well or has fallen under the influence of AI. 

Both authors have their own exigences when it came to writing their articles as the author of “What Happens After AI Destroys College Writing” has personally faced the AI use within students and has front hand seen the over-reliance students have on this tool as for the author of the “Gen Z Lifestyle Subsidy” she seems to be worried about the future economy if Gen Z becomes completely reliant on AI, they approach the issue differently. Both authors see the negative effects AI has on the community as a whole.

Each author tackled the issue of AI in completely different ways where one targets the effects on AI in a classroom and the other on the economy. AI has always been a force to reckon with regardless of what for, but after learning about the schemes of AI and how it affects your brain in a classroom/educational standpoint it might be best to stay away like far away. A lesson that I was taught when I was young was “Nothing is ever free”, so when a free resource like AI comes around burning millions of dollars processing the simplest of messages it’s like a tingle going off that something bad is going to happen involving AI in the future.