When I was a student at Stanford, many of my classmates used ChatGPT. I refused.

The author refused to use ChatGPT in college.

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• When I was a student at Stanford University, my classmates raved about ChatGPT.
• I refused to use the AI system because I would have done a disservice to myself.
• I had the privilege of learning from many fine writing instructors and professors — not ChatGPT.

It wasn't until my junior year at Stanford University that I first heard about ChatGPT from classmates who'd mentioned they had "chat" summarize the class reading.