I attended a conference recently and AI use by academics was absurd

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As we listened to talks most people were stuck doing pointless tasks on their phones and computers. Less than 10%, likely 5%, were listening attentively. This was quite sad for me. The thing I would like to share the most, that shocked me more than any AI use I've seen ever—when I was on stage receiving QA post talk among the fellow panelists, everyone but me used AI on their laptops to record their questions and then come up with a response they could use. IDK about others, but I spent a lot of time on my talk and slideshow. The professor who served as the respondent listened for two hours ta...