A Big, Beautiful Symbol of American Decline

Nick Catoggio: “It reminds me of the New York magazine story that went viral a few weeks ago about rampant cheating among college students using artificial intelligence. Letting a computer generate your work product isn’t something you do if you’re striving to improve yourself by learning the material. It’s something you do when you don’t care about self-improvement and are living only for the moment, hoping to pass the class by whatever means.”

“House Republicans have given up on trying to improve the country. All they wanted was to pass the class, which they did this morning by a single vote on the House floor. The One Big Beautiful Bill is to legislation what an AI-generated essay is to education.”