Students’ use of AI spells death knell for critical thinking | Letters

Prof Andrew Moran and Dr Ben Wilkinson on the ramifications of the explosion in university essays being written with artificial intelligenceRegarding your report (UK universities warned to ‘stress-test’ assessments as 92% of students use AI, 26 February), for centuries universities have seen themselves as repositories of knowledge and the truth. This began breaking down when experts were no longer valued, critical thinking undermined and public discourse increasingly polarised.In thi