One of the largest questions and debates surrounding generative AI is its usage in schools and universities. What it is doing to modern students and how is it affecting their grades? When it comes to students taking shortcuts to minimize their workload as much as possible, it should be a no-brainer that students are using generative AI for this purpose. These tactics have existed since education itself and technology being integrated more into the school system has done nothing but fuel it with sites like SparkNotes and Quizlet. What makes generative AI like Chat GPT different, however, is that no tactic except for paying someone to do your work for you has produced work as quickly as easily or as high quality as generative AI. For instance, before writing this post I typed into Chat GPT “Write me a 300-word paper about how generative AI negatively impacts students.” In less than 10 seconds I was met with a paper that not only made sense and was concise but seemed well thought out and had me agreeing with the points it made. Never before have students had this great of a shortcut at their disposal. But with that comes dire consequences. With sites like Sparknotes, while students are only getting a summary of the content they are reading, they still absorb some of the content. When it comes to generative AI, however, when a student asks it to write a paper or a piece of code they absorb none of what they are getting out of it and in most cases could not be able to say what any of it means. Leaving future doctors, computer sciences, and countless other professions to not fully understand their field of study as they would have without the use of generative AI. While generative AI can be a useful tool in many different ways when it comes to its use in schools and its ease of accessibility it is a major issue and potential cause for issues in the long run.