The new challenge of the education industry: artificial intelligence to support thesis writing

The online text generator was first launched in 2005. Now, text generated by artificial intelligence (AI) can be found in fiction, fake news as well as real news, war. marketing services and dozens of other content creation products.

The use of AI technology is not “plagiarism” in the traditional sense, as there is no copying from any previous work. Instead, the user suggests some text from one or more sources into the AI ​​program. Then the AI ​​creates content based on those sources. Users can also personalize to their liking. As a result, a student can use AI to shorten the time to complete his essay many times compared to writing it himself.

Suppose a student wants to write an essay on US-China policy using AI, and uses the following lines from a Pentagon report as a premise: China is increasingly clear in its ambitions. and your intentions. Beijing seeks to reshape the international order to better align with its one-party system and national interests, as a key component of its strategy to achieve great rejuvenation of the country. China.

The AI ​​constructed the following passage based on what was presented above:

The United States and its allies face a rapidly modernizing military, with its capabilities rapidly evolving, especially in the air and at sea. China has also made great strides in developing cyber capabilities and has focused on its ability to degrade or disrupt critical U.S. military technology and target civilian infrastructure. the. In addition to posing a challenge to the U.S. military and its allies, China’s activities in cyberspace have the potential to degrade U.S. political and economic institutions and the political establishment. The global information infrastructure is at risk.

If a high school student used the passage above, the teacher would surely be suspicious. But if this happens at the undergraduate or graduate level, it will be much more difficult to detect.

But there are still some acceptable learning aids. When writing articles, students can completely use Microsoft Word’s standards to check for grammatical and presentation errors, if any. Apps like Grammarly help write better sentences and correct mistakes. Google Docs completes sentences in drafts and emails.

So the line between using assistive tools and cheating is still blurred.