Is Letting AI Do Your Homework a Genius Move or a Risky Gamble?

Just when you thought school supply lists couldn’t get weirder—here comes AI, sliding into homeroom like a laptop with an attitude. Sure, teachers are debating if ChatGPT is the new graphing calculator or the ultimate shortcut for kids who still think the Treaty of Versailles was a soccer match . I can’t help but laugh (and, okay, cry just a little) imagining generations of students trading in “my dog ate my homework” for “the algorithm chewed up my essay.” Is this the dawn of creative enlightenment… or just another excuse for a C- that absolutely, positively wasn’t your child’s fault? Either way, I bet there’s an AI out there that could write this intro way better than me—assuming it isn’t on strike for more RAM . LEARN MORE

As millions of students across the U.S. return to the classes, schools and universities are struggling to establish consistent policies regarding the use of AI. The Onion examines the pros and cons of using artificial intelligence for schoolwork. 

PRO

Only possible way to figure out when World War I ended

Curriculum can be customized to each child’s unique style of stupidity

Frees kids up for extra shifts at the plant

More neurological bandwidth for anxiety disorder

CON

Start associating screens with schoolwork instead of pornography

Could weaken development of important skimming and bullshitting skills

Nagging guilt it was actually AI that earned that C-

Copy-pasting assignments into ChatGPT still too much work