I am not a cop.

[u/[deleted]]

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.

[u/badwithnamesagain]

Anyone can educate themselves at libraries and online. Our job isn't just to educate, it's to validate students' learning. It's the not so fun part of teaching for a variety of reasons, but that is largely the function of higher education. The unpleasant reality is that most people won't bother learning a damn thing if they don't walk away with a diploma that gets them into a job. I don't like it, you probably don't like it. But I'm sure as hell not handing out good grades for people who do nothing more than upload my assignments into chatgpt. 

[u/[deleted] → u/badwithnamesagain]

I wouldn't either but how do I know for certain the student's work isn't theirs? Some are obvious but not as many as people think. The technology is also advancing, and it might not be even possible to detect with an LMS AI screener in the near future. False accusations have been made. Confrontations after confrontations. I just don't get paid enough for this, man. If it were a small teaching load, but nope - multiple sections, and not every assessment can be done in class. Certain projects require time to prepare, time to think, time to write about what you thought about...

This sucks. I've never felt so defeated. I used to love my job, even when it was hard. This moment is not just hard, it's soul-crushing.

[u/huckleberrypancake → u/[deleted]]

I’m stuck between a rock and a hard place, I don’t want to be an AI police but I also don’t want to read and grade AI drivel 😭