ChatGPT
Dopamine detox gone too far
October 11, 2026Most doomscrollers have heard of the dopamine detox — a total abandonment of easy dopamine hits by purging all social media. For most, this challenge is temporary — like a failed New Year’s resolution. In the tragic case of poor SFU student Matthew Jones, we get the rare consequence of a dopamine detox. This is the story of how this young man accidentally reverse-engineered generative AI . . . and what it cost him. It started when he stumbled across the concept of the dopamine detox on WikiHow. He felt a burst of inspiration to finally detach from the internet…
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A leaked conversation with SFU’s new chatbot — Cloud
July 13, 2026Student: Greetings, Cloud. I need your help with an urgent matter. Cloud: [Unstable connection. Reconnected] Student: I have no time for your cheap AI antics right now. I’m dealing with an urgent matter concerning literary intellect — something a lowly…
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AI is not a magic trick
January 27, 2026Content warning: brief mentions of death, suicide, torture, and sexual assault. Recently, Billie Eilish shared a post on Instagram about artificial intelligence that has haunted me ever since: “AI consumed more water this year than the global bottled water industry.”…
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SFU to share draft artificial intelligence policy this summer
June 24, 2025On January 31, SFU released a statement that their Artificial Intelligence Learning and Teaching Task Force started developing policy recommendations regarding the use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) like ChatGPT for coursework. Currently, SFU has no AI policy developed, but…
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Top five WWE moves to destroy ChatGPT
March 10, 2025I may be a News Writer for The Peak — but on the side, I am a professional AI assassin. This week, I called ChatGPT down to my brother’s toy action figure WWE ring and challenged it to a no…
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Student advocacy coordinator discusses AI and academic integrity at SFU
November 21, 2024The Peak recently spoke with Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) student advocacy coordinator Trish Everett on how SFU has approached the issue of inappropriate artificial intelligence (AI) usage in classes. As advocacy coordinator, Everett helps students maneuver withdrawals from extenuating…
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SFU hockey player Caleb Parkhouse pens novel about dialogues with CHATGPT
March 19, 2024Artificial intelligence (AI) seems to be everywhere these days, from creating art to writing Buzzfeed articles. Even though this technology seems to be rapidly advancing and integrating with our society, most have very limited knowledge when it comes to interacting…
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ChatGPT presents new challenges
March 7, 2023ChatGPT, a new AI chat bot, has quickly become known for its ability to answer questions and write assignments based on prompts from its users. Users can input almost anything into the chat box, and ChatGPT has an answer. With…
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