AJ SadauskasHow ironic. A uni academic has just been busted for using AI to write a newspaper column defending AI universities:
"A senior academic from Western Sydney University has admitted to using artificial intelligence to write an opinion piece for The Sydney Morning Herald that defended the use of AI in universities.
"Professor Cath Ellis, a pro vice-chancellor in quality and integrity, argued in her article that aspiring students should hold faith with the higher education system despite concerns that the system is being downgraded by the reliance on AI.
"She submitted it in response to an earlier piece by Macquarie University’s Kylie Moore-Gilbert that claimed universities were committing “widespread, industrial fraud” by accepting money from students and giving them degrees that they did not earn because they were outsourcing their thinking to AI.
"But WSU acknowledged in response to enquiries that Ellis’ reply published on Sunday was itself generated by AI, and drew upon her previous research in the field."
https://www.smh.com.au/national/uni-academic-admits-she-used-ai-to-write-opinion-piece-in-defence-of-ai-20260602-p6038j.html
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #enshittification #AIslop #education #NSW #Australia #WSU #academic #academia #university
"A senior academic from Western Sydney University has admitted to using artificial intelligence to write an opinion piece for The Sydney Morning Herald that defended the use of AI in universities.
"Professor Cath Ellis, a pro vice-chancellor in quality and integrity, argued in her article that aspiring students should hold faith with the higher education system despite concerns that the system is being downgraded by the reliance on AI.
"She submitted it in response to an earlier piece by Macquarie University’s Kylie Moore-Gilbert that claimed universities were committing “widespread, industrial fraud” by accepting money from students and giving them degrees that they did not earn because they were outsourcing their thinking to AI.
"But WSU acknowledged in response to enquiries that Ellis’ reply published on Sunday was itself generated by AI, and drew upon her previous research in the field."
https://www.smh.com.au/national/uni-academic-admits-she-used-ai-to-write-opinion-piece-in-defence-of-ai-20260602-p6038j.html
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #enshittification #AIslop #education #NSW #Australia #WSU #academic #academia #university
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