Perfect homework, blank stares: Why colleges are turning to oral exams to combat AI

[Lucky Luciano]

68. I approve this wholeheartedly.

I discussed something like this with my son’s 8th grade English teacher. She’s literally 80 years old with an education doctorate and she believes AI will end civilization basically. She doesn’t give any essays or writing homework bc her assumption is that the kids will use AI - “write an essay on the following topic, but make it look like a smart eighth grader wrote it.” She does give in class writing though.

I suggested something like random drug tests. Give the assignments and randomly sample kids to orally quiz them on the spot on what they wrote about. She said smart kids could still game that system and it would be an unsustainable burden anyway to conduct those interviews. She participates in some ongoing research at Northwestern University trying to find a solution. A solution is needed though. The toothpaste isn’t going back in the tube.