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10. Had a student that had to briefly, in a couple of paragraphs,
Sun Aug 3, 2025, 09:01 PM
Aug 3

talk about the evolution of the Earth--its sequential atmospheres and their interaction with life, plate tectonics and how that process affected the sea and life.

The student was supposed to name three and discuss them in a sentence. Hadean Eon, Archean Eon, and Project Eon. The last was a kind of throwback to a previous eon, he said.

Now, I paused over the last one. Yes, from time to time over my decades of trying to keep up with everything I think I need to keep up with I've found geologists might rename an era or eon, they might split one or lump two together--always for sound reasons, but I'm not a geologist. Still, "Project Eon" seemed sketchy.

Google with the udm=14 extension was my non-AI friend.

https://www.tiktok.com/@project.eonfn/video/7429351268277030149

It's a throwback iteration of Fortnite. Don't like the newest (as of then ) iteration of Fortnite, hey, there's a throwback mod!

I failed his sorry butt and told him to redo the assignment. And the little buddin scholar argued with me, saying the Internet said it really was an eon!

That got him a good swift email to mom, dad, and counselor, with links and saying that AI was not an approved source of information.

Yes, AI is a part of life. And so's Russian disinformation and COVID-19. And Trump. And fire ants. Not everything that's a part of modern life is a good thing.

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