The use of generative AI (aka ChatGPT) in college Earth science courses has led to a more challenging teaching experience, particularly in the classroom where students without motivation to do the work are able to skip it easily. This shift has left students with more pressing questions about their understanding of the material they are taught and responsibilities. The author suggests that students often view an instructor as an opponent standing in the way of their grades, but this is not the goal of education, but the process of learning is what the author believes. In a recent College Board survey, 84 percent of high school students said they had used generativeAI for schoolwork. The article also discusses the increasing difficulty of teaching students in this environment and how students often misperform themselves. It suggests that ChatGpt uses terms such as "the terms we discuss" when prompted with a question, which frequently appears frequently, often in the most frequently occurring case of scientific thinking rather than passively absorbing information.