Rise of AI Poses Challenges for Colleges to Limit Cheating
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Generative AI like ChatGPT can now write essays and answer complex problems, enabling widespread cheating at colleges.
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Some instructors try to develop course material that is harder for AI to answer, but this has limitations.
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Other instructors incorporate AI into the learning process itself, but this risks further enabling cheating.
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Simple solutions like handwriting assignments have drawbacks like less teaching time.
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While AI cheating is often detectable, it's very difficult to definitively prove, putting the onus on colleges and instructors to limit cheating opportunities.