Scholar criticizes AI cheating equilibrium, warns of lifelong harm to students
paulnovosad · x · 2026-08-26
Paul Novosad points out that in many classes over the last two years, the equilibrium has become: cheat and get an A, while doing the work honestly yields uncertain results. He argues that college students are impressionable, and an institutional environment that strongly incentivizes cheating does them lifelong harm. In a reply, he refutes the idea of turning learning into a race to design "AI-proof" assignments, emphasizing that learners should have agency and value skill development.
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