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It has always been this way. The tools have changed, but the essence stayed the same, and the countermeasures haven’t changed either.

Surely BoJo is evidence that this has been happening at Oxford for many many years

What is so important about words stamped on paper, and bound together? What counts is not books, it’s reading, understanding and using intelligently information. I think with AI the risk is that understanding will be negatively affected.

I've listened to one of the most important and influential chemistry professors saying: "students learn more outside class than inside because our chemistry lessons are so so boring". AI is asking us to rethink how we teach

When I was a student, beginning my Freshman year in high school-the summer before starting, Cliff’s Notes were available. A lot of students bought them and not the book to be read. This isn’t new. It’s just that now there is AI.

And professors can be authors without contributing to the work.

I don't read that many books, but I do read a lot of research papers. Whether you want to make that distinction is up to you. Also, reading a lot of books doesn't necessarily mean someone deserves a degree. Also, academia involves two key components: knowledge and intelligence. Books will only provide the former. The latter is the responsibility of a good teacher.

Yeah, they will most probably encounter these things in a dark forest somewhere and tell others about these scary creatures they had the misfortune to see

As I understood from the reactions, it already happened before AI. True?! My experience is that most classic books are outdated, most new books have a rather low quality. I wouldn't blame AI or students.

Olu Olojo we have agency. We choose to use AI when and if appropriate. You cant just learn with AI. AI is a tool but not the tool box. And we have used varied assessment methods for decades before AI arrived.

Roll on retirement

Michael Ladomery that’s excellent. AI can do it better. You too have a pleasant day. 😊

Ramon Portillo, Ph.D. Maybe in some places, but I happen to be sitting in front of over 120 papers and have read them and graded them myself. There was no AI used to evaluate the papers. There wasn't even a TA. You might want to think about who you are throwing under the bus here with this assumptive statement about "academia". While different schools have different climates towards research vs. teaching, I think it is fair to say that many of us take our jobs as educators and experts in our fields seriously.

with collaboration ceritificated lol. with readable people cosigned.

Exams should be 100% written. What are universities playing at

Let that start, without compromise

Michelle Kassorla, Ph.D. "My experience is a literature professor: this was happening, Long before AI." Yes. In fact, I am becoming convinced that AI has not created a single new problem for education. It has exposed a large number of problems which already existed, but had been successfully hidden from sight.

John Elrick absolutely correct. Patrick Dempsey recently suggested that it is like a giant spotlight that was turned on. We never noticed these flaws before, but now they are obvious.

Daniyal Javed J.

Dr. Razali Koroh did you read the article? Or just the headline, and then made up your mind and commented, having . . . *not read the required texts* 🤷