I teach (English) at a very large online University. The diabolical ubiquity of A.I. generated discussion posts and replies, marked by a laughable lack of human voice to them, is a depressing problem with no easy solution.
For this reason, I am hoping we might move away from written discussions to audio or video discussions and replies, with clear penalties for students who are quite obviously reading from a script (likely A.I. produced). Or better still, place students in groups of 3-4 and require them to schedule a time each week for a 20 minute live zoom discussion that they must record and submit, perhaps giving a one paragraph key “takeaway” from their discussion.
Something should be done. These discussions—not a great pedagogical practice under the best of circumstances—have now become a joke.
