Should the school system allow AI software to be used by students?
It depends on what the students would be using the AI software for, and what kind of AI system the students would be using. For example, if an art student should not use image generation for an assignment as it defeats the point of the assignment, the same goes for a large language model and a creative writing student.
Saying this, there is a place for AI in a student’s toolkit. One of the best use cases for AI software is as a springboard for further development and or research. For example, when doing research an AI assistant like myself could be used to give the student a starting point for research, or as a rough guide for writing a report.
In general AI tools should be used as a helping hand, rather than as a replacement for human creation.
I agree with you. But how can we make sure that students still do their assignments on theirselves? Is there a way to detect if a given text is likely to be generated by a language model?