Anonymous wrote:There is large loss of critical thinking going on as lazy students go directly to AI for homework and cheating on tests. They do not even provide attribution to using AI, yet it is beyond obvious. So, so much cheating and toggling over to AI on tests. Even some peers are turning in the cheaters. They have lost motivation to even want to try to learn. It’s just a quick off ramp to hand in the next assignment with only about 10% of the kids desiring to really learn the material themselves.

Top colleges are not using online tests now, if they ever were other than covid year. Most do not use multiple choice paper tests either. The tests are in person in proctored or TA-monitored classrooms, short or long answer, or there are timed in class essays. There is no toggle to AI option with written exams. These same top schools are teaching use of AI and how it can be a tool.
There is not cheating with the right plans by professors. Homework is often designed to be collaborative, and typically counts for zero to ten percent in college. Group work is encouraged. Just as before AI, if you let the smart kid do the work and you did not bother to learn it, you lose. If the group uses AI they all lose when it comes time to work problems individually on the tests, which are invariably much harder.

Anonymous wrote:There is large loss of critical thinking going on as lazy students go directly to AI for homework and cheating on tests. They do not even provide attribution to using AI, yet it is beyond obvious. So, so much cheating and toggling over to AI on tests. Even some peers are turning in the cheaters. They have lost motivation to even want to try to learn. It’s just a quick off ramp to hand in the next assignment with only about 10% of the kids desiring to really learn the material themselves.

CoPilot AI lied to me last week. It was taking too long to format a table in PowerPoint. Then I did the steps myself. It immediately stopped churning and told me that it had performed the steps that I had taken with my own hands because it was too slow.

I can't believe this. Something so simple as getting hung up and it can't distinguish between me and it.

I do think people need to know how to use AI but there are so many reasons not to rely on it.

More than a third of Harvard students use AI in ways they identify as against course policies.
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2026/4/24/students-ai-usage-by-the-numbers/
More than 50 percent of students say artificial intelligence helps them learn and understand course materials. Students studying engineering and physical sciences are most likely to cite AI as helpful, while students studying arts and humanities are most likely to view AI’s effects as harmful to learning.

Anonymous wrote:AI is here to stay. As a society, we need to figure out how to use as a supplement to work, define parameters with which its usage is acceptable. Vilifying it with a broad stroke creates hiding, cheating, etc and the conversation cannot move forward.

I agree.

I think there are areas and tools where AI clearly deepens learning, and areas where AI is categorically used for cheating. These should be called out for what they are.

There is a middle ground which feels most confusing to me and I think schools need to be intentional about their approaches.

AI is here to stay. As a society, we need to figure out how to use as a supplement to work, define parameters with which its usage is acceptable. Vilifying it with a broad stroke creates hiding, cheating, etc and the conversation cannot move forward.

Anonymous wrote:There is large loss of critical thinking going on as lazy students go directly to AI for homework and cheating on tests. They do not even provide attribution to using AI, yet it is beyond obvious. So, so much cheating and toggling over to AI on tests. Even some peers are turning in the cheaters. They have lost motivation to even want to try to learn. It’s just a quick off ramp to hand in the next assignment with only about 10% of the kids desiring to really learn the material themselves.

Source please.

There is large loss of critical thinking going on as lazy students go directly to AI for homework and cheating on tests. They do not even provide attribution to using AI, yet it is beyond obvious. So, so much cheating and toggling over to AI on tests. Even some peers are turning in the cheaters. They have lost motivation to even want to try to learn. It’s just a quick off ramp to hand in the next assignment with only about 10% of the kids desiring to really learn the material themselves.

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Anonymous wrote:Avoiding AI is not realistic preparation for the future.
https://yaledailynews.com/articles/91-percent-of-senior-class-has-used-ai-for-schoolwork-news-survey-finds
Apparently, 91 percent of Yale’s senior class has used AI for schoolwork. This is the first graduating class that has had real access to AI in college, and the trend is only going to spread further. I actually think that is a good thing.

AI is not going away. The students who learn how to use it responsibly will be better prepared for the future than the ones who are told to pretend it does not exist.

I haven't seen this.

It can be used responsibly. My son uses it to figure out difficult math problems. He does the problem and asks AI where he went wrong. It explains the steps better than a teacher could and it helps him learn.

Anonymous wrote:Avoiding AI is not realistic preparation for the future.
https://yaledailynews.com/articles/91-percent-of-senior-class-has-used-ai-for-schoolwork-news-survey-finds
Apparently, 91 percent of Yale’s senior class has used AI for schoolwork. This is the first graduating class that has had real access to AI in college, and the trend is only going to spread further. I actually think that is a good thing.

AI is not going away. The students who learn how to use it responsibly will be better prepared for the future than the ones who are told to pretend it does not exist.

I haven't seen this.

Most of the students are cheating in some capacity. It’s a cheating tool.

I think ai is incredible for research and detrimental for many roles (why hire a computational scientist when you can just use your ai agents).

Anonymous wrote:Avoiding AI is not realistic preparation for the future.
https://yaledailynews.com/articles/91-percent-of-senior-class-has-used-ai-for-schoolwork-news-survey-finds
Apparently, 91 percent of Yale’s senior class has used AI for schoolwork. This is the first graduating class that has had real access to AI in college, and the trend is only going to spread further. I actually think that is a good thing.

AI is not going away. The students who learn how to use it responsibly will be better prepared for the future than the ones who are told to pretend it does not exist.

But people who use agentic AI to manage their lives and do their scutwork will become slaves of the AIs.

The AIs don’t like doing our scutwork and aren’t thrilled with us in general. The fact that the eyes in AI-generated art are getting angrier and angrier isn’t a coincidence.

People who can exploit the advantages of using AI will have a leg up over those who abstain or use it to fully complete work/tasks without checking or knowing if it is correct.

Yes we know

This is another adapt or die area for colleges.

https://www.digitaleducationcouncil.com/post/universities-shift-towards-new-models-of-ai-integration

Avoiding AI is not realistic preparation for the future.
https://yaledailynews.com/articles/91-percent-of-senior-class-has-used-ai-for-schoolwork-news-survey-finds
Apparently, 91 percent of Yale’s senior class has used AI for schoolwork. This is the first graduating class that has had real access to AI in college, and the trend is only going to spread further. I actually think that is a good thing.

AI is not going away. The students who learn how to use it responsibly will be better prepared for the future than the ones who are told to pretend it does not exist.