By The Age
Publication Date: 2026-05-28 10:00:00
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Kylie Moore-Gilbert (Commentary, 27/5) is right to note that AI has significantly impacted the teaching and assessment of some university degrees. However, as a graduate of a bachelor’s or arts degree, I know that there is at least one significant exception. Even in the first year of college, the arts degree requires a level of critical thinking, originality, and personal style that AI models like ChatGPT cannot produce. For many years the arts were ridiculed as a waste of time with no real career prospects. Art is not only protected from AI fraud, but also directly questions the ethical and practical issues of an AI…
