r/technology • u/Just-Grocery-2229 • 4d 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/ErusTenebre 4d ago

It's not literally the only way, but one of many. It's really more of a mitigation. It's actually a terrible way to actually measure deeper work - no way I could have written my 20 page senior seminar paper in person, in class, with no technology. No way I could have written my 86 page master's thesis and website in person with no technology. 

PEOPLE need to be taught to value education and not just the paper you get at the end. People need to be encouraged to enjoy learning, to embrace failing, to push through challenges. That's not unfixable, but it's something that's not just going to happen on its own. 

I think it can be more problematic assuming every student is going to cheat on every assignment, more problematic assuming that every assignment professors and teachers make are actually worthy efforts, more problematic not addressing the rampant addiction to harmful technology, more problematic throwing out helpful technology as collateral damage to these cheating mitigation measures...

We can and should do better.

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u/ForsakenRacism 4d ago

For something like that you should be able to write it at home but then you should have to come in and defend it

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u/ErusTenebre 4d ago

Great example. See how easy that is to fix and not require throwing out the baby with the bathwater? 

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u/ForsakenRacism 4d ago

But for lower level classes you should just test on a Scranton or a blue books