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Australian universities turn to AI marking, raising 'slop-cycle' fears
Original: As more Australian universities use AI to mark students’ work, is it creating creating a ‘slop-cycle’?
A growing number of Australian universities are using artificial intelligence to mark students' work, prompting concern that AI-marked assignments and AI-written submissions are feeding into each other. Critics warn of a 'slop-cycle', where automated assessment of automated work degrades educational quality and accountability, while institutions point to efficiency and workload pressures as reasons for adopting the technology.
Why now: Debate over AI's expanding role in higher education assessment is intensifying as adoption spreads.
Australian universitiesartificial intelligence
Evidence
- As more Australian universities use AI to mark students’ work, is it creating creating a ‘slop-cycle’? · The Guardian
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