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Writing instructors are less afraid of students cheating with ChatGPT than you might think

  • Written by Daniel Ernst, Assistant Professor of English, Texas Woman's University
imageMany educators say they are worried about being unable to keep up with advances in AI. Guillaume via Getty Images

When ChatGPT launched a year ago, headlines flooded the internet about fears of student cheating. A pair of essays in The Atlantic decried “the end of high-school English” and the death of the college essay.“ NPR...

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