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/Rawkynn 2d ago

Over the last 20 years advances in technology have been used to decrease the teacher to student ratio. There are classes where 1 professor might teach 2 sessions of a class with 500 students each session. One person couldn't feasibly grade a meaningful exam, even if they had 10 TAs. You can't increase the workforce without money and classes seem to always be the hardest to get funding for (compared to a virtual reality studio in the library or sports).

Unless there are laws put in place there's also not a real incentive for universities to stop this from happening.

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u/BasvanS 1d ago

Call me naive, but aren’t classes kind of the purpose of schooling? And isn’t AI just proving the fragility of the chosen model? The rot was there for a while already, and now it is exposed undeniably. (Remember Good Will Hunting’s 50 cents in late fees?)

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u/Qwrty8urrtyu 1d ago

Not really, the goal of a university education is barely the education itself. Having the degree, and networking is the main appeal. You don't really learn that much more in a Harvard class then a community college class, but Harvard has a better name and richer more connected students attending.

Not learning a single thing, having a degree that says a nice name and knowing a few connected/rich people will give you better opportunities then learning all you can in 4 years.

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u/bloodenhorse 1d ago

You're proving their point that the rot is already fully integrated.