I’ve been working with so many students who turn to it as a first resort for everything. The second a problem stumps them, it’s AI. The first source for research is AI.
It’s not even about the tech, there’s just something about not wanting to learn that deeply upsets me. It’s not really something I can understand. There is no reason to avoid getting better at writing.
Do not hate A.I. Learn to use it! I still manually scour webpages for information I need. I achieve this by turning off all A.I features (I use duckduckgo BTW, not sure big Google will let you turn off its AI) so I get my webpages brought to me like a normal internet user.