A professor at Brown, Roberto Serrano, suspected his economics class was using ChatGPT for exams; after making the final paper closed-book, scores for 56 of his 59 students collapsed by as much as 100%. The percentage of Americans who read for pleasure on any given day fell to 16% by 2023, down from 28% in 2004, a trend ongoing for at least two decades before generative AI. David Brooks argues that what matters is not brainpower but the willingness to run mental marathons. The article notes that reading long-form arguments forces deeper engagement than summaries, and that the latest AI models, Fable and GPT 5.6, require knowing what to ask. Elsewhere, the University of Chicago Law School is piloting device-free first-year core classes and requires students to learn to use AI effectively. One VC states, "Fable is better than me at my job, but Fable alone would be a mediocre investor." Silicon Data’s one-year H100 contract index bottomed near $1.70/hour last October.