Professor stops assigning take-home essays post-ChatGPT, fears loss of writing skills
mjdramstead · x · 2026-08-30
A professor shared that they stopped assigning take-home essays the semester after ChatGPT was released. Despite wanting to keep the format, they see no way to prevent AI misuse and are genuinely unsure how students will learn to write anymore. Another commenter criticized the trend of professors abolishing essays to avoid AI issues, urging them not to "bend the knee."
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