Get the latest tech news

Professors Are Now Using AI to Grade Essays. Are There Ethical Concerns?


A professor at Ithaca College runs part of each student's essay through ChatGPT, "asking the AI tool to critique and suggest how to improve the work," reports CNN. (The professor said "The best way to look at AI for grading is as a teaching assistant or research assistant who might do a first pass ...

A report by strategy consultant firm Tyton Partners, sponsored by plagiarismâdetection platform Turnitin, found half of college students used AI tools in Fall 2023. Teachers are turning to AI tools and platforms — such as ChatGPT, Writable, Grammarly and EssayGrader — to assist with grading papers, writing feedback, developing lesson plans and creating assignments. And parents and students who are already spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on tuition may wonder if an endless feedback loop of AI-generated and AI-graded content in college is worth the time and money.

Get the Android app

Or read this on Slashdot

Read more on:

Photo of ethical concerns

ethical concerns

Photo of professors

professors

Photo of grade essays

grade essays

Related news:

News photo

Several companies are testing brain implants – why is there so much attention swirling around Neuralink? Two professors unpack the ethical issues

News photo

India seeks to regulate deepfakes amid ethical concerns

News photo

The obsessive tormenter who made professors’ lives miserable