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One of my favourite quotes on this topic:

> Using ChatGPT to write an essay is a bit like using a forklift to lift weights. The forklift might do a perfectly good job of moving around some heavy iron plates, but you’d be wasting your time.

The point of writing essays (or doing any other school assessment) is not the completed product, it's the work (and hopefully learning) that went into it.

You can definitely use AI responsibly, but many students will not and do not.



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