Scholar Counters AI Doom in Humanities: Traditional In-Person Exams Endure
raphaelmilliere · x · 2026-08-09
Pushing back against the anxiety that AI will destroy humanities education, scholar Harvey Lederman points out that institutions like Oxbridge have relied on in-person exams for undergraduate assessment for over a century, consistently producing strong researchers. He argues that claiming humanities are doomed simply because we can no longer grade take-home essays ignores the existence of other proven, highly effective educational models.
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