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Roland Rust HNUH248C Expecting an A- Anonymous 05/11/2025	He gives out a quiz on assigned readings around every three classes and sometimes they are really hard so on the days you have them be sure to actually read the assigned ones carefully because quizzes are a large part of the grade. You are also split into groups and you have two big presentations, both weighted a lot and he critiques harshly so they should be perfect or he will take off a point for anything. Besides the quizzes and presentations, the class is easy and you don't really do much except sit there and listen to people present. We dont have a final or any final project which is nice, just don't really expect this class to be a GPA booster because it isn't going to be for me and I don't know many people get a 94 or higher in the class.
Roland Rust HNUH248C Expecting an A Anonymous 04/22/2025	This class is a marketing scheme for Rust's book. FYI, don't buy the book, you can find it for free online. Firstly, the class is not really on "societal impacts" of AI, rather its on Rust's questionable thesis that AI will create an era of empathy where any jobs requiring logic (finance, engineering, etc) will cease to exist and any "empathetic" jobs (marketing... might be some bias there) will flourish and get paid way more. The entire class, including all references and figures are of Rust's own creation or created by various co-authors (including his wife). Every class has a 1/3rd chance of a pop quiz, and the quizzes are usually 1-3 questions on super specific topics from the book or assigned articles. For example, the article might be about OpenAI's recent drama, but he would ask for the full name of a specific co-founder or an important exact date, either of which being mentioned as an aside in the reading. It's very obvious Rust has a major ego problem and constantly feels the need to flex his academic work, all of which is marketing-specific and gives him 0 credibility to talk about AI. He will also throw in random interdisciplinary work to seem smart. For example, he "proved" one of his points using differential equations, but he literally just assigned erroneous values to everything to make the resulting solution prove his point. Whenever he uses math/figures, it makes Trump's tariff equation look like a work of genius. If you're a STEM student (or have ever taken STAT400), you'll likely cringe throughout his lectures, and if you're anyone else, you'll likely fall asleep.
Roland Rust HNUH248C Expecting a B+ Anonymous 12/17/2024	In this class, you will be randomly assigned a group, and each class one or two groups will take turns presenting during class. Throughout the semester, you'll have to present one informative presentation abt an assigned topic and present an argumentative presentation on an assigned view. The rubric for these presentations was practically nonexistent. It was 3 bullet points (Points made, Visuals, and Creativity) each bullet was 5pts for a total of 15pts. Remember: every point matters in this class. His grading style was very subjective as he takes off points easily for something as stupid as creativity if he doesn't like something and he doesn't even clearly state what he wants out of the presentation in the "rubric". There are also articles assigned that you have to read before each class. You'll be quizzed on the readings 1/3rd of the time with bs pop quizzes. They're out of 3 pts and either 3 questions or 1 question all or nothing. The pop quiz is either at the beginning or end of class abt the reading or the lecture he gave. Some of the questions were so oddly specific that even if you read the article, it's highly unlikely you would remember the name of a cofounder of some company or who the person that was mentioned ONCE in the entire article was. Overall, I wish I never took this class my first semester of college because my gpa is already lowered due to a meaningless gen ed class with a bad professor. If you do end up taking this class, don't bother buying his textbook. It's a free PDF download on lib gen. Cut your losses at least that much.
Roland Rust HNUH248C Expecting an A Ese_Asa 12/12/2024	TL;DR: Good class with bad professor. This class was one of the most relevant classes I took this semester and taught me a lot about AI. HOWEVER. Rust is an interesting professor, to say the least. First and foremost, the required textbook for this class is a book he co-wrote with his wife, and you have to read it in order to pass his pop quizzes (which are worth 30% of your grade). You'll give two presentations in this class (which are worth 15% of your grade each) and the rubric isn't comprehensive at all. He'll grade said presentations based on his opinions on the subject you're presenting on, so if you mention something he disagrees on, he'll sometimes take away points. He can be rude and inconsiderate, and you can tell he's kind of a snob. So, if you want to learn about AI but potentially suffer, take this class. I don't regret it, but it caused a lot of suffering.
Roland Rust HNUH248C Expecting an A Anonymous 12/06/2024	The course is very easy in terms of content. The content is generic and as long as you read all of the readings he provides, an A is definitely possible. However, if you miss anything he will not be lenient at all. Some of the quizzes are also very specific on the readings. For example, the name of someone mentioned once in the reading is fair game. The class overall is awfully boring but can become a study period pretty easily.
Roland Rust HNUH248C Anonymous 11/25/2024	Nice guy and the class is pretty easy. Gives pop quizzes every couple classes so you are forced to go to class. Doesn't give retakes if you missed the quiz. Lectures are boring, talks about his work and what he has done in his life. I would do other homework during his class. Two group presentations that are about 20 min long, doesn't give much guidance on how to do them. Very lenient with grading though, most groups got 13/14 out of 15 for presentations, even though he would correct groups on their data multiple times during the presentation. Take him if you want an easy A.
Roland Rust HNUH248C Anonymous 09/19/2024	Content is fine but pretty boring, talks about himself and his own work a lot, give these ridiculous pop quizzes and doesn’t offer any retakes.

Roland Rust
HNUH248C

Expecting an A-
Anonymous
05/11/2025

He gives out a quiz on assigned readings around every three classes and sometimes they are really hard so on the days you have them be sure to actually read the assigned ones carefully because quizzes are a large part of the grade. You are also split into groups and you have two big presentations, both weighted a lot and he critiques harshly so they should be perfect or he will take off a point for anything. Besides the quizzes and presentations, the class is easy and you don't really do much except sit there and listen to people present. We dont have a final or any final project which is nice, just don't really expect this class to be a GPA booster because it isn't going to be for me and I don't know many people get a 94 or higher in the class.

Roland Rust
HNUH248C

Expecting an A
Anonymous
04/22/2025

This class is a marketing scheme for Rust's book. FYI, don't buy the book, you can find it for free online. Firstly, the class is not really on "societal impacts" of AI, rather its on Rust's questionable thesis that AI will create an era of empathy where any jobs requiring logic (finance, engineering, etc) will cease to exist and any "empathetic" jobs (marketing... might be some bias there) will flourish and get paid way more. The entire class, including all references and figures are of Rust's own creation or created by various co-authors (including his wife). Every class has a 1/3rd chance of a pop quiz, and the quizzes are usually 1-3 questions on super specific topics from the book or assigned articles. For example, the article might be about OpenAI's recent drama, but he would ask for the full name of a specific co-founder or an important exact date, either of which being mentioned as an aside in the reading. It's very obvious Rust has a major ego problem and constantly feels the need to flex his academic work, all of which is marketing-specific and gives him 0 credibility to talk about AI. He will also throw in random interdisciplinary work to seem smart. For example, he "proved" one of his points using differential equations, but he literally just assigned erroneous values to everything to make the resulting solution prove his point. Whenever he uses math/figures, it makes Trump's tariff equation look like a work of genius. If you're a STEM student (or have ever taken STAT400), you'll likely cringe throughout his lectures, and if you're anyone else, you'll likely fall asleep.

Roland Rust
HNUH248C

Expecting a B+
Anonymous
12/17/2024

In this class, you will be randomly assigned a group, and each class one or two groups will take turns presenting during class. Throughout the semester, you'll have to present one informative presentation abt an assigned topic and present an argumentative presentation on an assigned view. The rubric for these presentations was practically nonexistent. It was 3 bullet points (Points made, Visuals, and Creativity) each bullet was 5pts for a total of 15pts. Remember: every point matters in this class. His grading style was very subjective as he takes off points easily for something as stupid as creativity if he doesn't like something and he doesn't even clearly state what he wants out of the presentation in the "rubric". There are also articles assigned that you have to read before each class. You'll be quizzed on the readings 1/3rd of the time with bs pop quizzes. They're out of 3 pts and either 3 questions or 1 question all or nothing. The pop quiz is either at the beginning or end of class abt the reading or the lecture he gave. Some of the questions were so oddly specific that even if you read the article, it's highly unlikely you would remember the name of a cofounder of some company or who the person that was mentioned ONCE in the entire article was. Overall, I wish I never took this class my first semester of college because my gpa is already lowered due to a meaningless gen ed class with a bad professor. If you do end up taking this class, don't bother buying his textbook. It's a free PDF download on lib gen. Cut your losses at least that much.

Roland Rust
HNUH248C

Expecting an A
Ese_Asa
12/12/2024

TL;DR: Good class with bad professor. This class was one of the most relevant classes I took this semester and taught me a lot about AI. HOWEVER. Rust is an interesting professor, to say the least. First and foremost, the required textbook for this class is a book he co-wrote with his wife, and you have to read it in order to pass his pop quizzes (which are worth 30% of your grade). You'll give two presentations in this class (which are worth 15% of your grade each) and the rubric isn't comprehensive at all. He'll grade said presentations based on his opinions on the subject you're presenting on, so if you mention something he disagrees on, he'll sometimes take away points. He can be rude and inconsiderate, and you can tell he's kind of a snob. So, if you want to learn about AI but potentially suffer, take this class. I don't regret it, but it caused a lot of suffering.

Roland Rust
HNUH248C

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/06/2024

The course is very easy in terms of content. The content is generic and as long as you read all of the readings he provides, an A is definitely possible. However, if you miss anything he will not be lenient at all. Some of the quizzes are also very specific on the readings. For example, the name of someone mentioned once in the reading is fair game. The class overall is awfully boring but can become a study period pretty easily.

Roland Rust
HNUH248C

Anonymous
11/25/2024

Nice guy and the class is pretty easy. Gives pop quizzes every couple classes so you are forced to go to class. Doesn't give retakes if you missed the quiz. Lectures are boring, talks about his work and what he has done in his life. I would do other homework during his class. Two group presentations that are about 20 min long, doesn't give much guidance on how to do them. Very lenient with grading though, most groups got 13/14 out of 15 for presentations, even though he would correct groups on their data multiple times during the presentation. Take him if you want an easy A.

Roland Rust
HNUH248C

Anonymous
09/19/2024

Content is fine but pretty boring, talks about himself and his own work a lot, give these ridiculous pop quizzes and doesn’t offer any retakes.

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