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Stephen Downes

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The basic message (and you've heard it here before) is this: "Students will employ AI to write assignments. Teachers will use AI to assess them. Nobody learns, nobody gains. If ever there were a time to rethink assessment, it's now." This post references another written by Mike Sharples containing some examples of AI-authored essays. The examples are plausible, right down to the fake references. Are live assessments ("like interviews, presentations, debates or round table discussions") the answer? My own thinking is that we'll simply stop 'assessing' and instead analyze the body of a person's actual professional work - however produced - in recruitment and employment decisions. Because at that point it doesn't matter whether or not they used AI if they're getting the job done. Image: cactus cowboy, Open Clipart.

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