Summary
Many college students are using AI tools like ChatGPT to complete their assignments, often without understanding the implications of cheating. Professors are noticing an increase in robotic-sounding essays that lack a human touch. As AI becomes more integrated into education, the line between helpful assistance and cheating is becoming increasingly blurred.
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“College is just how well I can use ChatGPT at this point,”
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Who could resist a tool that makes every assignment easier with seemingly no consequences? After spending the better part of the past two years grading AI-generated papers, Troy Jollimore, a poet, philosopher, and Cal State Chico ethics professor, has concerns. “Massive numbers of students are going to emerge from university with degrees, and into the workforce, who are essentially illiterate,” he said. “Both in the literal sense and in the sense of being historically illiterate and having no knowledge of their own culture, much less anyone else’s.” That future may arrive sooner than expected when you consider what a short window college really is. Already, roughly half of all undergrads have never experienced college without easy access to generative AI. “We’re talking about an entire generation of learning perhaps significantly undermined here,” said Green, the Santa Clara tech ethicist. “It’s short-circuiting the learning process, and it’s happening fast.”