did ai really take my unpaid society committee role?
what is going on ????
In my first year of university, I joined a student society. I attended a handful (two) events before I slowly realised that many student societies, they are an accumulation of friends who become committee members to secure some sort of work experience/ position of power for their CV’s rather than a community which is solely interested in making friends (I can only speak for my own experience). There was one event, the final of the year where the committee members have the opportunity to host an end-of year celebration for the rest of the members, I eagerly wanted to attend but my gut instinct was preventing me, to my surprise my instinct was 100% correct. It was what to be expected from a student society but nothing what I was told to expect from the years of social media propaganda dedicated towards universities. Since then I made it my goal to join the committee team and attempt to improve what I experienced. I quickly realised that I was way out of my capacities of a introverted individual.
Fast forward to when I was in the society, I was quickly introduced to the same exact committee as last year with I being the only newcomer. I was locked out of previous bonding and came to blankly perceive the ways of being from other committee members. I believed that with the vast number of committee members we had, responsibilities would be more than equally divided across, that was not the case at all. As I said previously, many of the committee were solely on the team for credibility and then to later abuse their role of responsibility within a interview with a prospective employer (myself included). However, this was one of my first opportunities of working within a team I never met and I slowly realised the dynamics. I could quickly see that due to my novice status, I was someone who was constantly available. I was grateful for the opportunity, I was given limited control over the social media despite being accepted due to my social media experience1but I slowly realised the alterations in my social media content, things being moved ,re-worded, not used under the “we are an academic society” excuse without any sort of constructive criticism given. I just thought it was the presidents preference and I let it be until now the end of year celebration has approached.
I only joined the society to have some sort of involvement in the planning and advertising of the end of year celebration, but now on my social media here I see an AI generated poster. I initially was livid, I might probably still be. I do understand that my graphic designs may not be for everyone but I joined the society with the intention to help the social media / promote the society for other & prospective students. It was a slap in the face to then see AI generated content produced, all of the time I spent brain storming, researching, contemplating how I could cultivate a post that the students would be “informed” and “interested” to then not even have the opportunity to help. I understand that they may have used AI as a means of getting a quick fix but societies are one of the limited opportunities students are given the opportunity to explore and learn what it means to work, similar to an unpaid internship and for that opportunity to be taken from me by AI no less really disappointed me. If AI can take my role from an unpaid student internship, who’s to say it can’t come for my prospective career next.
I have yet to decide whether I will be continuing the committee role for the next academic year but that really sucked.
make it make sense ???