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My favourite part of this article is the headline. Other than that, the story is a straightforward presentation describing how innovate_rye, a straight A student, uses AI to write essays. "Without AI, innovate_rye says the homework they consider 'busywork' would take them two hours. Now homework assignments like this take them 20 minutes." If the homework is indeed 'busywork' then one wonders why it was assigned. But maybe it's the deliberate practice required to achieve expertise? To me, it's not really about whether AI-generated text can be flagged by plagiarism checking software. I mean, who cares? It's about whether innovate_rye is getting the most from their education.

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