Artificial Intelligence (AI) is changing education while making discovering more accessible but likewise sparking disputes on its impact.
While trainees hail AI tools like ChatGPT for enhancing their knowing experience, speakers are raising concerns about the growing reliance on AI, which they argue fosters laziness and weakens scholastic stability, particularly with numerous trainees not able to protect their projects or offered works.
Prof. Isaac Nwaogwugwu, a speaker at the University of Lagos, in an interview with Nairametrics, revealed disappointment over the growing dependence on AI-generated reactions among students stating a current experience he had.
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"I offered an assignment to my MBA trainees, and out of over 100 trainees, about 40% sent the precise very same answers. These students did not even know each other, however they all used the very same AI tool to produce their responses," he stated.
He kept in mind that this trend is common amongst both undergraduate and photorum.eclat-mauve.fr postgraduate students but is especially concerning in part-time and distance learning programs.
"AI is a major difficulty when it comes to projects. Many trainees no longer think critically-they simply go on the internet, create answers, and send," he added.
Surprisingly, some speakers are likewise implicated of over-relying on AI, setting a cycle where both teachers and trainees turn to AI for benefit rather than intellectual rigor.
This argument raises crucial concerns about the function of AI in scholastic integrity and student advancement.
According to a UNESCO report, while ChatGPT reached 100 million regular monthly active users in January 2023, only one nation had released guidelines on generative AI as of July 2023.
Since December 2024, ChatGPT had over 300 million people using the AI chatbot every week and 1 billion messages sent every day worldwide.
Decline of scholastic rigor
University lecturers are increasingly worried about trainees submitting AI-generated assignments without truly understanding the material.
Dr. Felix Echekoba, a speaker at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, revealed his issues to Nairametrics about trainees significantly relying on ChatGPT, [users.atw.hu](http://users.atw.hu/samp-info-forum/index.php?PHPSESSID=bc52ed4b1e4757a9616e1e1f1bb04732&action=profile
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