In a Boston Globe opinion piece, recent high school graduate Iris Liao argues that students who use AI to complete assignments are primarily harming themselves by outsourcing their thinking and forgoing skill development. She contends that AI-enabled cheating is harder to contain than traditional cheating because it can undermine learning across all assignments and assessments, not just isolated situations. Liao argues this creates unfair advantages in competitive settings such as college admissions, and recommends schools adopt clearer policies distinguishing acceptable AI use from use that replaces independent thinking.
