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A scientist warned students not to outsource their thinking to AI, but it later emerged that the article was written using AI. Photo: Shutterstock
The Sydney Morning Herald has retracted an opinion piece written by an academic urging students not to “outsource their thinking” to artificial intelligence after it emerged the article itself was written by AI.
Nine newspapers The Sydney Morning Herald And The Age Last week an opinion piece was published by Western Sydney University’s Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Quality and Integrity, Professor Cath Ellis.
The article was in response to an article by academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert that questioned the validity of university degrees despite the widespread use of AI.
In response, Ellis submitted an article to the same media sites admitting that the issues surrounding AI use in higher education were “real” but that people should still be encouraged to attend university.
“Don’t cut corners,” Ellis’ opinion piece…