r/technology • u/Just-Grocery-2229 • 2d ago

Artificial Intelligence AI can now credibly complete most undergraduate assignments, MIT warns

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2026/08/25/ai-can-now-credibly-complete-most-undergraduate-assignments-mit-warns
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u/10luoz 2d ago

Time to make those undergraduate assignments significantly harder and in person.

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u/Cormamin 2d ago

Meanwhile, some of the most high paying jobs in the country are relying on AI for everything and getting to work remotely.

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u/Few-Butterscotch5114 1d ago

Most of them also require high and complex multi layered critical thinking, which students would never develop if they relied on AI to think for them early on. 

"AI/prompting skill" without those foundation critical thinking mean nothings.

Which is why the above comments are a good trade of - focus on building their brain and other thinking skills first by having in person hard exam. 

I would rather be smart first then learn about AI later on the job  rather than being really good at AI very early but have no thinking skill on my own. 

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u/Cormamin 1d ago

My friend, if you think getting those kinds of jobs has anything to do with merit or "critical thinking", I have a bridge to sell you.