Mastodawn

A senior academic writes an opinion piece, advising students not to cut corners. It turns out she didn't actually write it. LLMs wrote the piece for her.

I treasure the fact that at the present moment, we can still see the absurdity in this story.

We can still find this story funny. We can still laugh at this pompous cheat, Professor #CathEllis, a Pro Vice-Chancellor at #WesternSydneyUniversity. In a year's time, Professor Ellis's lazy inauthenticity will be standard. Very likely I will have to meet HR to explain why I don't do the same.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jun/05/trust-in-ai-roy-morgan-australia-university-professor-opinion-piece-technology

#noLLM #HigherEducation #StopTheAICorruption

A uni professor admitted using AI to write an opinion piece. Here’s what it revealed about trust in the technology

Without disclosing that work has been generated using the technology, faith in existing industries will continue to be undermined

The Guardian

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hgrsd 3d ago

@the_roamer It's very scary isn't it?

There are many people that I respect very highly and consider ethical and thoughtful who are finding it _so_ hard to withstand the temptation of rolling the stochastic dice to see if they can turn their idea into an end product without having to expend any energy. Even though we might have moral and/or intellectual issues with AI, many of us (myself included) are also deeply flawed and weak-willed 😅. Hence the absurdity of cutting corners in a piece about cutting corners...

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the roamer

@hgrsd

Indeed, very well said. Though for me personally, writing things in _my own words_ is the one thing that keeps me alive and on edge, so for me personally there never has been any temptation to use LLM tools. If there had been a temptation, given how very flawed and very weak-willed I am, no doubt I would have succumbed! :-) I am fortunate in just not feeling the appeal of outsourcing my own writing.