Interesting debate. I would argue that AI as students use it solves a problem for the student and certainly doesn't help them learn. But that has nothing to do with AI "rotting the brains of our youth" just as rock music or the Internet before it.

It is naive to discuss any of this while ignoring the real issue which is that most people don't go to college for an education, they go for a degree and ultimately a job. When the stakes get raised over and over again with pricing and inflated grades you can't wring your hands about kids cutting the line when you have institutionalized grade manipulation, adjuncts teaching classes, stadium seating and all the rest while steadily increasing costs.

The problem isn't AI or the kids, it's the system. Maybe AI will finally kill it, and good riddance to what it's become.