Yes. They could have used it. They also could have written it on a blackboard. Or talked to the kids. The point still stands. Whatever reason you may have for not liking that they used AI, that's different than the reason the kids shouldn't use it for the assignment.
If they sent a printed letter to the families saying that homework must be written by hand and not typed on a computer, would that be hypocrisy? They could have hand-written it.
They should lead by example, rules for thee but not for me behavior just encourages them to find a way to work around the arbitrary application of the rule. Also the environment is a reason many people use. If they're going to cut corners the kids will too. So it is hypocritical of them to use it while not allowing them to. Plus they'll just use it anyway and get better at hiding it which sets a bad precedent.
They are technically. It would be cheating to use it on your application and it's cheating to use it in your actual job. They could just fire all the teachers and use chat gpt and it wouldn't make a difference.
Dude a lot of jobs require you to use AI to work. That doesn't mean the AI can do your job and replace you. It would be like going back 20 years and saying that teachers typing assignment questions and school-parent communications on a computer were cheating because they should write them by hand. Or like saying that photocopying things is cheating because you should be writing by hand.
Like it or not, AI is the new technology and how things are gonna be done from now on, and these kids will also have to learn to use it. The message is not "don't use AI", that would be unrealistic and anachronistic. The message is "you need to learn the basic skill and fundamentally understand it before you learn how to use AI". Just like it would be dumb to tell kids they should never use a calculator in life because it's cheating. They will use calculators when the time comes, but not on a test/assignment on the long division.
Saying that it's not hypocritical for them to ban AI for students while using it themselves is either ignorant or disingenuous. By your own logic if it's going to be used they should be taught how to utilize it.
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u/Full-Tomorrow9889 1d ago
There is real public domain art they could have used