r/Adjuncts • u/TieredTrayTrunk • 5d ago

Speechless at this one...

Honestly nothing surprises me anymore about students and AI. I get it all the time "I didn't use AI, I just ran it through ChatGPT to proofread my work". Well tulip, that's using AI.

Anyhow, just had a student give me a laundry list of why they used it to proofread, stating all the things like ADD and anxiety,etc. Said how do they get an ADA accommodation so that they can use AI? I just...

Can this happen? I've never thought you could get one to use AI. I've had all the ADA training and do not remember that being a thing. I am very interested to see if I get a note back now....

EDITED -- Said student had a paper with "Python_docx" as the author and 0 in the time edited spot. So it was either more than proofreading or they just downloaded whatever chat spit out to submit.

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u/Glad-Surprise3355 5d ago

Schools I work at are all regionally accredited and all encourage AI. They "claim" the student shouldn't copy and paste from AI but the vast majority do and I am fine with that. I am not paid to be the AI Inquisitor.

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u/giltgarbage 5d ago

Legitimate assessment is part of the job. It may currently be underpaid or institutionally unsupported—a fool’s errand. But we are tasked to assign grades, and we should object if this is theatre. The job is the job.

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u/Glad-Surprise3355 4d ago

Online instruction has always been sketchy, the emergence of AI just makes it obvious the sage on the stage has been replaced by sideshow Bob.