Professor Claims Student Using AI To Reject His Unwanted Advances
A satirical article from The Onion about a Michigan State University art history professor, Lowell Sterbenz, who claims a student is using AI to reject his sexual advances. The piece satirizes the professor's inability to accept rejection, as he complains that the student's polite, formal responses to his unwanted advances are "rote" and suspiciously similar to other rejections he's received. The article highlights the absurdity of blaming technology for personal rejection.
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Calling the 21-year-old's replies to his emails and text messages 'rote' and 'overly formal,' local professor Lowell Sterbenz told reporters Friday he was 'pretty sure' student Evelyn Atwater was using AI to refuse his sexual advances.
"It really is a shame with these undergrads these days," said the 63-year-old Sterbenz, an art history professor at Michigan State University.
noting that Atwater's written responses to his invitations were remarkably similar to those of other young women who had rejected him this semester, including two who were in her class.
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