Brian Klaas-Associate Professor of Global Politics at University College London
One professor’s reflections on the end of an era, as AI tools such as ChatGPT have murdered the student essay (RIP). Here’s why that threatens the future of human cognition—and how to save ourselves.
…….”For technical reasons that I won’t get into, detecting the cheats is a losing battle. There’s no surefire way to catch someone using AI tools and the technology is evolving so rapidly that agentic models, which basically can operate autonomously and follow the exact process a student would use in researching and writing an essay—just much faster—will soon make AI-written essays impossible to catch.”….
https://www.forkingpaths.co/p/the-death-of-the-student-essayand