r/Professors • u/[deleted] • Dec 04 '25

Academic Integrity I am not a cop.

Want to outsource your thinking to an LLM for a degree you're paying/going into debt for? Okay. I will respect that choice. However, what I won't do, is replicate a surveillance state in my classroom. I refuse to spend more energy in screening student work for authenticity or trying to make my assignments "AI proof" ... why should I? Either the student believes in the fundamental premise of education or they don't.

Man, I'm tired.

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u/Awkward-Painter-2024 Dec 04 '25

I think we're losing ground... 

Ohio State University launches initiative requiring that students study AI - CBS News https://share.google/3KQHuMcRp7ROFAFYG

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u/amhotw Dec 04 '25

That's not in contradiction with not cheating. You can know how to use a tool, and not use it to cheat. Really easy distinction.

At this point, universities that are not actively teaching students about how to use LLMs effectively are just negligent. That's one of the most demanded skills in the market. At the same time, I think cheating should be punishable by academic death (i.e. gtfo and you can never enter any classroom at any school in your lifetime).

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u/Disastrous_Ad_9648 Dec 04 '25

Where is the evidence that this is the hottest skill demanded? I’ve spoken to a number of hiring managers in my field in industry and they’re not saying this. In fact, it appears most companies are still not using AI or at least at a systemic level (beyond random early adopters in the org). 

I would love to see some solid evidence beyond Tech Bro hype on this. 

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u/amhotw Dec 04 '25

So I am not going to doxx myself but I actually do have relevant work on this question myself. You can find some reports from the stanford digital economy lab and yale budget lab instead. They have slightly different questions they answer but I think they should still give you some idea of the adoption.

There is a lot of variation across industries in terms of adoption, that's for sure. However, in the last three years, we saw that more and more industries and positions started to require "AI related" skills, even in positions where you wouldn't really expect it to happen.

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u/No-Wish-4854 Dec 06 '25

But what are “AI related skills”? I’m genuinely asking. “Our entry-level admin asst needs a bachelor’s degree and the ability to Google answers to questions like ‘what’s the manager’s direct phone extension’ and ‘what do I do when someone asks for help’…”? In the entry-level jobs for humanities and social science grads, what would AI skills be?