David Wiley (2024-07-01). Why It Might Be Impossible to “AI-Proof” Written Assignments.
I deeply, fundamentally believe that education can be joyful, inspiring, and ennobling. And when students see value in learning a subject and come to care about it, they won’t have LLMs do their work for them. They’ll see that shortcut as the missed opportunity that it is – they’ll understand that “cheating themselves” is a real thing. But many students don’t see that now, and they’ll only come to see it if we help them. Doing the hard work of establishing relevance and value and meaning is more important now than ever before, and it may be the only sustainable answer to the assessment issues facing education.
Every day I’m becoming less hopeful that the higher education sector is willing to do “the hard work of establishing relevance and value and meaning”. It’s far easier to brush AI under the carpet; nothing to see here. Sure, there’s lip service being paid to the problem, but look closely and I’d be surprised if you see anyone seriously considering any real change.