NYT op-ed by Stanford senior Theo Baker: “What A.I. Did to My College Class” (published May 17, 2026—first AI-era graduating class).

Why It Matters

Concrete behavioral shifts in elite education—omnipresent cheating, normalized deception (fudging dorm funds, lying for gig credits), a plagiarized “groundbreaking” AI paper incident with Stanford co-authors blaming a third party, plus slammed job doors for many while some get rich. Changes how students think, behave, and see their futures/identity. Ties to current graduation wave.

Evidence

Source evidence is in the linked daily scan.

Signal Read

Source Trail

Daily scan: 2026-05-18

• nytimes.comhttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/17/opinion/chatgpt-ai-college-school-graduation.html