Students call it hypocritical. A senior at Northeastern University demanded her tuition back. But instructors say generative A.I. tools make them better at their jobs.The New York TimesBy Kashmir HillMay 14, 2025In February, Ella Stapleton, then a senior at Northeastern University, was reviewing lecture notes from her organizational behavior class when she noticed something odd. Was that a query to ChatGPT from her professor?Halfway through the document, which her business professor had made for a lesson on models of leadership, was an instruction to ChatGPT to “expand on all areas. Be more detailed and specific.” It was followed by a list of positive and negative leadership traits, each with a prosaic definition and a bullet-pointed example.Ms. Stapleton texted a friend in the class.“Did you see the notes he put on Canvas?” she wrote, referring to the university’s software platform for hosting course materials. “He made it with ChatGPT.”“OMG Stop,” the classmate responded. “What the hell?”
Okay, why do I not object to the professor using AI and not the students?
It has to do with what you are in school for... to learn. What is the professor there for... to teach. And if the best way to teach a topic is to use AI then yes I see no problem with that. While a student is there to learn, to learn how to do research, how to examine sources, and how to write research papers.
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