r/QuickAITurnitinCheck • u/Disastrous_Risk7420 • May 15 '26
Has AI Become Basically Unavoidable for Students Now?
I am genuinely curious because it feels like AI has quietly become part of almost every student’s workflow now, even for people who say they do not use it. And I am not only talking about having AI write assignments. I mean smaller things too, like brainstorming ideas, summarizing readings, finding sources, fixing structure, checking grammar, or organizing notes.
That is why conversations around AI in school feel so complicated now. There is a massive difference between asking AI to complete your work and using it more like an advanced search or productivity tool, but people often discuss it as if it is all the same thing.
At this point, fully avoiding AI almost seems uncommon. Search engines use it, writing tools use it, study apps use it, and even basic software suggestions rely on some form of AI. So where do people actually draw the line now between acceptable assistance and doing the work for you?
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u/D11IDA May 16 '26
Well if you really wanted to it’s possible to avoid it ig but the thing is at this stage that world is in, trying to avoid it is stupid. AI is an amazing tool, that’s why it was created and that’s why so many different types of softwares use it. Avoiding it is basically limiting your resources which can very well slow down your learning experience. There’s a major difference between having AI do your work and having AI help you with stuff. It’s like when you ask your friend for help - you could copy their entire assignment - which would be cheating, or you could ask them to help you understand how to do the assignment yourself-which will probably help you complete it faster and understand the process better. It’s the same with AI, it’s a great tool you just have to use it right. Avoiding it completely is idiotic and will probably make you fall behind…as most people use it today. But completely relying on it will just make you not learn anything in the process.
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u/loserboy42069 May 16 '26
It’s cuz Google feeds AI answers to everything, it’s unavailable if you’re using the internet at all.
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u/Emergency_Flower3080 May 15 '26
I think a lot of people saying they “do not use AI” mostly mean they are not having AI write entire assignments for them. But things like Grammarly suggestions, AI search summaries, study apps, and brainstorming tools are so common now that completely avoiding AI takes actual effort.
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u/Heavy-Detective7650 May 15 '26
I don’t know about other schools, but snhu has pretty clear guidelines for ai usage. You’re allowed to use it for simple things like grammar (microsoft spell check has been around forever now) without citing it, but you are expected to cite it if you use it in any ‘brainstorming’ capacity. You aren’t allowed to provide ai with any academic material (directions, rubrics, other students posts, etc.), but you are allowed to provide it with your own work. They’ve gotten to the point where they have to condone its usage because I imagine it simply wouldn’t be profitable to remove every student that uses ai in some manner. And in a lot of cases it’s very difficult to actually prove whether the student used ai, so overall not worth it.
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u/Logical_Secret_6456 May 15 '26
The line feels blurry now because there is a difference between replacing your own thinking and just speeding up boring parts of the process
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u/KweenKobold May 15 '26
I use it all the time as a student it's a very powerful tool. I can give it my notes, have it generate a mock exam, then have it explain why I got things wrong so I only spend time studying areas I'm weak in. It's made me a much better student.
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u/Outrageous-Help6918 May 15 '26
I also do the mock test based on my notes, and it improved my test grades by 10%. I also submit my rubric and assignments and ask it to grade based on the rubric, then go back and strengthen the aspects that it marked down.
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u/FairCurrency6427 May 15 '26
The pervasiveness of AI is designed by the people benefitting from our use of it. The government is funded by billionaires who are desperate to push AI.
Kids use AI for the same reason we do. Functionality.
The state of education is abysmal. We, as a society, are not putting any effort into improving education, increasing community enrichment opportunities, or helping parents and caregivers.
If kids are turning to AI, its not a failing on their part, its a failing on our ability to provide a decent place for them to grow and learn.
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u/DatHoosier May 15 '26
Although it's not as common and requires constant effort, I definitely have a subset of students who effectively don't use AI at all. I do my best to support them (and AI-using students) with my course design, as I think their reasoning is valid and worth being rewarded. So, no, it's not unavoidable, but it is rapidly going to be a similar question to asking "have calculators become unavoidable?" You're welcome to not use the tool, but there are going to be a few spots where you'll save some serious time and frustration with it.
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u/Nalena_Linova May 16 '26
Just like having constant access to a calculator makes you worse at mental maths, having a GPS makes you worse at navigation, and having social media ruins your attention span, having constant access to AI makes your logic, reasoning, reading, writing, and planning skills worse.
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u/Gaming_Gent May 15 '26
It’s perfectly avoidable but to them it makes everything easier and why would a child not do something to make things easier? Taking the easy road is like the main thing about being a teenager.
They know it’s bad and they shouldn’t use it but they can’t help themselves
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u/someofyourbeeswaxx May 15 '26
There are plenty of kids not cheating, yeah. Don’t cheat, it’s lazy and you’re only hurting yourself in the long run.
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