I’m surprised by #1. People have been using AI for more and more difficult things over time.
I think it is less surprising for current early university students (esp. outside top students/schools) because they probably weren’t feeding the AI of three years ago (GPT4) tasks that far beyond its capabilities. High-school-level homework, short essays, etc.
From their perspective it might be: “AI did a good job on my homework on 2023, it still does a good job on my homework in 2026.” They never tried the college-level homework problems in 2023, let alone were trying to use it for software engineering, real research tasks, etc.
I think it is less surprising for current early university students (esp. outside top students/schools) because they probably weren’t feeding the AI of three years ago (GPT4) tasks that far beyond its capabilities. High-school-level homework, short essays, etc.
From their perspective it might be: “AI did a good job on my homework on 2023, it still does a good job on my homework in 2026.” They never tried the college-level homework problems in 2023, let alone were trying to use it for software engineering, real research tasks, etc.