University studentās use of artificial intelligence has āgone main streamā this year, Professor Des Fitzgerald of University College Cork told The Times Higher Education (THE) recently.
He explained that students increased use of ChatGPT to write essays is infuriating academics, and now there is real scepticism about university policy. Fitzgerald told THE that many of his colleagues think they just have to live with AI and maybe even teach students how to use it well!
However, he doesnāt want AI writing any student essays! He explained: āAll AI is capable of is writing bad essays made up of non-ideas and empty sentences.ā For him AI is not a machine for cheating but a āmachine for producing crapā.
THE said scholars are questioning if current policies encouraging āethicalā use of AI are working. There are apparently telltale signs when students use it too! Word such as ādelveā and āmultifacetedā are two giveaways, along with the over-use of bullet points to summaries themes, and the sudden appearance of terms such as āletās explore this themeā.
This all despite the fact that some students have signed contracts saying they would not use AI to write essays.
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