Give Cheats a Chance

Reframing the conversation about AI and Cheating in the Classroom

I was at a friend’s house last week when her Year 10 daughter came back from school in high dudgeon; she’d been given an automatic Friday night detention because her recent essay had scored 7% on the AI checker, thereby exceeding the 4% threshold outlined in her school’s policy.

Now, for full disclosure, her essay was actually 100% AI generated - “Mum wo…