Posted 2/1/2024, 12:01:00 AM
UK Students Embrace AI for Essays Despite Concerns Over Accuracy
- Over half of UK undergraduates admit to using AI to help generate content for assessed essays
- 25% use AI to suggest essay topics, 12% use it to create essay content
- Schools are trialing AI to create lesson plans, assessments, and model answers to reduce teacher workload
- There are concerns about AI inaccuracies and "hallucinations" that students may not be aware of
- An education research project will evaluate AI-generated lesson plans to build evidence on AI's impact in the classroom