Dikshya Dangol
Recently, our teacher sent a text message stating that half of my classmates’ work has been “non graded”.
As we are in our last semester, MARKS MATTERS. The classroom group which is still called “Freshers” for some reason went into an uproar. I am not snitching on my class but that text following teacher rejection and an email expressing disappointment got me thinking: has the use of AI shifted from a tool of assistance to full dependency when it comes to assignments?
Can’t blame the teacher for rejecting but AI is indeed making assignments easier. After all, it can analyze a 70+ page research paper into three concise paragraphs in seconds!
I fully admit, I don’t just use AI for assignments-I heavily rely on it, and DeepSeek has been my latest obsession. While I do need to fact-check occasionally, it’s been accurate most of the time.
I personally love AI tools because it has made it so easy for learning. From creating images, animation, videos through just simple text it’s fun. Although ChatGpt was launched in 2022, its usage had made us so familiar and easy that doing assignments without ChatGpt feels wrong. At first, I saw AI as a productivity booster for assignments, especially when it came to tasks like summarizing lengthy articles, research papers, searching relevant information or simply just checking for grammatical errors. In many ways, it helped students like me become more efficient in doing assignments without much errors and explore more. But as productivity increased, so did the temptation to rely heavily on AI, not just for small tasks but for entire sections of work or assignments. The line between assistance and dependence blurred, making it harder to assess where my input ended and AI’s began.
While AI undoubtedly produces work faster with higher accuracy, which has been a treat for students. But on the flip side, it certainly raises concerns about dilution for creativity. Are we really trading creativity and originality for efficiency and convenience? The ease with which AI drafts, revise, and polish papers perfectly does encourage academic laziness, hindering the creative, critical and analytical thinking process of students. The essence of problem-solving—exploring ideas, finding connections, and making conclusions—feels reduced when AI pre-packages the answers. Even when I write I feel ChatGpt could write better. That’s been my struggle lately—balancing my own work with AI assistance. But, like many of my classmates, I too subsided with this feeling and have relied on it right through the end of my undergraduate journey.
There’s also the question of academic integrity. As AI tools get more advanced, the challenge of distinguishing between student effort and AI-generated content becomes increasingly difficult for teachers. It’s not just about ensuring assignments are plagiarism-free but also assessing whether the work reflects the student’s full understanding or just an AI’s capabilities. AI, in its current state, does a phenomenal job, offering suggestions for improving assignments or even completing entire assignments. However, it doesn’t necessarily generate the kind of original thought required in essays or creative projects. And this is where the risk lies: in students losing the habit of critical thinking, brainstorming, developing ideas organically and just blindly trusting AI.
As AI continues to progress only further, I believe the education system must evolve alongside it. The potential of AI is enormous, but at its core, it’s still “artificial,” built on the data fed into it. This is why AI needs to be used ethically and responsibly, with universities fostering AI-assisted originality rather than allowing students to become entirely dependent on it. At the same time, I firmly believe AI can never replace original thinkers or the creativity of the human brain, and it’s essential we remind ourselves of that. After all, I’ve recently realized I’m capable of writing pretty decently on my own.
Remember how we Gen Z used to dream of AI taking care of all our chores so we’d have more time to draw, write, and paint? Well, ironically, the same person who once wished for that—me—is now advocating for AI assisted originality in writing. As I gather my thoughts on how far technology has come, especially in education, I can’t help but wonder. With China pushing AI innovation and the U.S. heavily investing in tech, I’m eagerly awaiting what the future holds. The possibilities for AI in education, particularly in handling assignments, seem endless. And so, as graduation nears, this feels like the perfect conclusion to my journey—one where AI played an unexpected but crucial role.
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