My degree is in English. Specifically I focused a lot on composition theory. Or writing about people writing. I have a few thoughts about this.
1. If it isn't rampant now, it will be in a few years time. Cheating is highly incentivized in college, and this makes it very hard to catch. I doubt you could generate a thesis this way, but you could certainly pass your electives.
2. Writing is highly conventionalized. Half of getting a good grade is following conventions. AI will get really good at this.
3. I suspect ESL students will use this first. When tutoring writing, extremely smart ESL students were getting poor grades in writing courses for having bad grammar, vocabulary, whatever. This will help them get good grades until the AI surpasses native speakers, who will then use it.
4. This is really tragic for students. Writing is really great for solidifying thoughts and learning. I still journal to this day just because of this. This will deeply affect how people learn. But the outcome remains to be seen.
1. If it isn't rampant now, it will be in a few years time. Cheating is highly incentivized in college, and this makes it very hard to catch. I doubt you could generate a thesis this way, but you could certainly pass your electives.
2. Writing is highly conventionalized. Half of getting a good grade is following conventions. AI will get really good at this.
3. I suspect ESL students will use this first. When tutoring writing, extremely smart ESL students were getting poor grades in writing courses for having bad grammar, vocabulary, whatever. This will help them get good grades until the AI surpasses native speakers, who will then use it.
4. This is really tragic for students. Writing is really great for solidifying thoughts and learning. I still journal to this day just because of this. This will deeply affect how people learn. But the outcome remains to be seen.
Edit: Better words