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Okayama University, a publicly funded university (national uni), has announced a proposal to sharply raise tuition for foreigners starting in the 2027 academic year. The current annual tuition is 535,800 yen for both Japanese and international students, but under the proposal, foreigners (but not Japanese nationals) would pay 1,339,500 yen per year, 2.5 times the current amount (Japanese nationals would also see tuition rise, but only to 647,296 yen).

Some students worry that the price hike on foreigners will make Okayama University accessible only to foreigners from wealthy families

An expert quoted in the article questioned whether such a large increase is really justified and suggested Japan should consider more financial aid options for international students that need it if tuition rises.

I'm so freaking annoyed with people using AI to argue for them. I'm fine with people using AI to legitimately and objectively learn about a subject (while verifying the things that it spits out), but sometimes somebody will be discussing something with me and they’ll pull out AI to be the judge when there’s a difference of opinion

I particularly hate this when it’s a case where someone who hasn’t even learned the basics about whatever they're talking about go to AI to “prove” their baseless conclusions. They start off with an incorrect conclusion and they basically use AI to find the “best” argument to get there (which inevitably sounds like a load of crap to somebody who’s actually familiar about the subject but is convincing to those who aren’t, especially the user themself).

This can be in any sort of situation, including dangerous ones. One of my friends who's a doctor was complaining about how brand new doctors in the past used to lack confidence. They used to, in many cases, have no choice but to go to older doctors for insight, which was great because you could make sure that the young doctor doesn't do something stupid and get somebody killed. But now there are some brand new doctors who are actually consulting AI in an increasing number of situations and sometimes without properly verifying information.

There was a court decision in Japan where a law that doesn't even exist was referenced in the judge’s opinion. Instead of the judge taking the time to look at the law and study up on it before making the ruling, they seem to have thrown everything into AI. My guess is that they provided the conclusion they wanted and told AI to write the opinion justifying that ruling. The AI they used quoted fake laws and they didn't even take the time to properly check.