Don't fret about students using ChatGPT to cheat – AI is a bigger threat to educational equality

  • Written by: Collin Bjork, Senior Lecturer, Massey University
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Schools and universities are panicking about artificial intelligence (AI) and cheating. But AI presents far more significant threats to equity in education.

Fears of cheating typically arise from concerns about fairness. How is it fair that one student spends weeks labouring over an essay,...

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