Borcherds eliminates graded homework, switching to in-person exams for assessment

Oct 28

1. 10:32

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   Fields Medalist Borcherds Eliminates Graded Homework: AI Cheating Rampant, Only In-Person Exams Viable

   Fields Medalist and UC Berkeley professor Richard Borcherds announced he will no longer assign graded homework, instead assessing students through in-person exams that prohibit the use of electronic devices. He said online exams are now a waste of time, because some students directly use AI to answer questions, average scores on online exams have risen sharply, and it is impossible to tell who used AI. Berkeley had considered AI detection software but deemed it insufficiently reliable, ultimately leaving the authority to set AI usage policies to professors, requiring only that the rules be stated in the syllabus.

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   Fields Medal winner Richard Borcherds cancels scored homework and switches to in-person exams to evaluate students

   Richard Borcherds, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley and a Fields Medal winner, announced that he will no longer assign scored homework and will instead evaluate students through in-person exams that prohibit the use of electronic devices, because it is difficult to tell whether homework was generated by AI. He said that average scores on online exams rose significantly, and that grading based on answer correctness would incentivize students to use AI to complete homework and penalize those who solve problems honestly. Berkeley had considered AI detection software but deemed it insufficiently reliable, and ultimately left the authority to set AI use policies to professors, requiring only that the rules be stated in the syllabus.

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