What you are about to read has been written by a Human without the assistance of third-party Artificial Intelligence Support.
Artificial Intelligence has become almost inescapable, creeping into film, music, and now the education curriculum. Capable of providing learning assistance, AI platforms like ChatGPT have the ability to aid students in gruesome study sessions, conferring as the bridge between misunderstanding and clear comprehension. However, when students begin to prompt GPT to brainlessly complete their entire course load, therein lies a problem.
“I absolutely think there is a lace for AI in the classroom, where exactly is still to be determined. This is new territory for students and teachers and it’s going to take some time for us to figure out best practices for its use,” says COMPASS English teacher Mrs. Hess.
According to a study conducted by Neuroscience News, 70% of educators believe that AI actively contributes to plagiarism. QUEST Senior Morgan Nowak says, “I know people who write their entire papers off of AI and just copy it onto a doc. I’ve even seen people ‘write’ papers using multiple AI systems to get around teachers’ AI checkers.” Nowak, referencing applications like Walter Writes AI, expresses a distaste for programs that can generate text that will bypass Artificial Intelligence detection programs, systems that are put in place to ensure academic integrity within the curriculum.
The culprit is not just high school students. A survey conducted by New York Magazine reported that 90% out of 1,000 University students had fabricated their coursework with AI. Thus, signalling a greater issue with academic integrity, students are having ChatGPT complete the education they are paying tuition for.
Moreover, the catastrophic impacts AI has on our ecological environment, and the severe consequences if caught cheating, having AI complete your entire academic coursework hinders your profession post-graduation, no matter your career field. A lack of proper background knowledge needed to perform essential job functions will be missing; what will be present is clueless industry ‘professionals.’
Challenge yourself to comprehend the content you are assigned rather than prompting ChatGPT to do so. Therefore, you’ll physically witness the lengths you are capable of without a digital puppeteer directing your hand through.
