An academic must both read and write papers. Generative artificial intelligence (AI) can now do both. I draw on Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics to argue that reliance on AI outsources activities and reduces virtues necessary to achieve the purpose of academia--flourishing through the cultivation of reason. I highlight empirical research suggesting…

This study examines how university literature students evaluate alternative endings for George Orwell's "Animal Farm" that were either created by their peers or generated by ChatGPT. Using a rubric-based approach, students assessed these endings on elements such as conceptual relevance, literary devices, and overall narrative impact. By…