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@softicecreamlesley@famichiki.jp

2026-05-14 06:35 UTC

Please help. I am teaching an intensive course this summer at a university and am drowning in admin tasks. Now I am supposed to state my AI policy for this course. It seems that I have a number of students whose first language is not English, so I was hoping to just let them use Grammarly. However, I found out now that Grammarly has recently changed and is using Gen AI. Should I just say "No AI" and be on the safe side? I don't use AI much, so I feel unqualified making this call.

Replies (5)

  • @Haikyoneko@famichiki.jp 2026-05-14 06:38

    @softicecreamlesley@famichiki.jp No is a whole answer.

    Open ##4525713

  • @gullevek@famichiki.jp 2026-05-14 07:15

    @softicecreamlesley@famichiki.jp No AI. Either they learn or not. Using AI is skipping learning. If they do that why even bother showing up?

    Open ##4525714

  • @shiawase@mastodon.social 2026-05-14 07:17

    @softicecreamlesley@famichiki.jp You could explain why you don't want ai used. Declare your own use or otherwise. Leave the decision to the adult students. (who may well use it anyhow) Expect full declaration of tools used and have them show their full workings / process / drafts. Help them avoid it. AI as a topic probably deserves at least one lecture. Of course this all makes for more work. An oral presentation would show understanding and bypass the ai problem mostly. But is even more work.

    Open ##4525716

  • @sleepytako@famichiki.jp 2026-05-14 08:52

    @softicecreamlesley@famichiki.jp My friend who is the head of English at a public uni here in Japan has moved all writing tasks to pen and paper. He says the quality of writing and topics has increased.

    Open ##4525717

  • @roque@mastodon.social 2026-05-14 13:23

    @softicecreamlesley@famichiki.jp Would say, no AI but ordinary computerized spellcheck/grammar check is OK. (If Microsoft Word has pivoted to AI, that’s not really in your control… or theirs)

    Open ##4525725