Cheating In Education Dbq

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Although some people may believe AI should be used in education, in reality, it should not because of deception and inaccuracy. Cheating in education is already a common issue that many professors face. It stunts the growth of cognitive skills that allow students to thrive in more advanced environments. Sean Glantz states, “ ‘...The reason we have them write papers isn’t for them to write papers. It’s really about building those skills around thinking.’ ” (Source C) Educators do not assign papers because they want to read hundreds of essays, they assign essays to build critical thinking skills that will develop the students’ brains and encourage depth in their learning. These critical “skills” include advanced thought processes, the ability …show more content…

Furthermore, using AI is similar to cheating as it does not involve a student’s original ideas, nor does it challenge them mentally. The dishonesty and lack of effort that comes with students who use AI only reinforces that it should not be welcomed or used in academic settings. Not only does the use of AI lead to deception, it is also inaccurate. AI sources such as ChatGPT cannot understand the complex breakdown of prompts that have any deeper meanings or requirements. Ian Bogost states “ChatGTP’s...doesn’t make accurate arguments or express creativity, but instead produces textual material in a form corresponding with the requester’s explicit or implicit intent.” (Source E) ChatGTP can only pinpoint specific words and formulate essays from them. Therefore, if a student is assigned a specific essay about Rosa Parks, the AI bot only picks up on a historical figure instead of the actual point of the prompt, which may have been the figure’s hardships or accomplishments. AI does not truly understand the words being processed or the general meaning behind the prompts, thus causing it to lack in human “creativity” which keeps regular essays individual to their …show more content…

While the essay should’ve been about MLK’s thoughts and opinions on racism and his actions to help stop it, ChatGTP wrote about COVID-19, economic downturn, and health outcomes. While these topics may have some correlation to MLK’s truths, they are not what the main focus of the essay was supposed to be. Therefore, the inaccuracy and lack of depth that comes from the use of AI fully demonstrates that it should not be used in schools or academic settings in general. While some people may argue that AI can be used as a tool, they are wrong because this “tool” is inaccurate and a tool of deception. Thus, it teaches students untrue information while also allowing them to be dishonest in their work and effort. The inaccuracy of AI programs stems not just from the actual information, but often how the information is perceived. Bogst claims, “it’s formulaic in structure, style, and content.” (Source E) Since these bots are only programmed with surface level knowledge, they cannot create any writing with depth because they lack a deeper understanding of the real

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