That argument is great until someone gets maimed or killed because the “AI” got it wrong and the user didn’t know enough to realize.
You know idiots with AI do that all the time everyday right?
AI is a tool that can indeed be of great benefit when used properly. But using it without comprehending and verifying the source material can be downright dangerous (like those lawyers citing fake cases). The point of the essay/exam is to test comprehension of the material.
Using AI at this point is like using a typewriter in a calligraphy test, or autocorrect in a spelling and grammar test.
Although asking for handwritten essays does nothing to combat use of AI. You can still generate content and then transcribe it by hand.
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 1 year ago
pinkdrunkenelephants@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
Isn’t that the point and what people are trying to prevent?
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 1 year ago
My broader point (in your metaphor) is that calligraphy tests are irrelevant at this point. The world changed. Theres not going back.
ratskrad@lemmy.world 1 year ago
A calligraphy test is not irrelevant if you are studying to LEARN calligraphy. If you are arguing that calligraphy as a subject doesnt need to exist then fine then don’t study it. But you don’t learn it by asking AI to do it for you.
lunarul@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Typewriters are also irrelevant today. It was an analogy.
pinkdrunkenelephants@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
🤔 I dispute that typewriters are irrelevant. Famous writers still use them today, and they are a perfect means for helping some disabled people type out essays on the spot to test their comprehension of a subject. It gets around handwriting issues without allowing electronics that could be used for cheating into an exam space.