I think the student example is wrong but I'm struggling to articulate why - here's my attempt:
Students often cheat because they claim "they won't need to know this in the future", but school isn't about memorizing facts as much as learning how to research, learning how to communicate, learning to manage their time etc. When I think of someone who's "smart" by my definition, I would expect them to have all these skills that these students are (semi purposefully) avoiding.
Furthermore, - and this might be the sleepwalking bias - the conclusion that "I won't need to know this" is subtly against their best interests, because imagine for example, you spend $200,000 and 10 years to go to medical school, you "cheat" on everything, and pass only to find out, that DRs aren't in demand anymore because AI knows everything (and more that) you would have learned in school, so now the lay person just uses that instead. Wouldn't you have preferred to avoid wasting your time and do something niche that the AI doesn't know instead?
And of course - what are students typically doing instead of learning? TikTok, instagram, fantasy football, youtube shorts - all things that "we as a society" have decided are brain rot.
So it's hard to say that someone who choses things against their best interest for no real upside, who hasn't learned the skills to survive in society is smart by whatever definition
Students often cheat because they claim "they won't need to know this in the future", but school isn't about memorizing facts as much as learning how to research, learning how to communicate, learning to manage their time etc. When I think of someone who's "smart" by my definition, I would expect them to have all these skills that these students are (semi purposefully) avoiding.
Furthermore, - and this might be the sleepwalking bias - the conclusion that "I won't need to know this" is subtly against their best interests, because imagine for example, you spend $200,000 and 10 years to go to medical school, you "cheat" on everything, and pass only to find out, that DRs aren't in demand anymore because AI knows everything (and more that) you would have learned in school, so now the lay person just uses that instead. Wouldn't you have preferred to avoid wasting your time and do something niche that the AI doesn't know instead?
And of course - what are students typically doing instead of learning? TikTok, instagram, fantasy football, youtube shorts - all things that "we as a society" have decided are brain rot.
So it's hard to say that someone who choses things against their best interest for no real upside, who hasn't learned the skills to survive in society is smart by whatever definition