Should students be allowed to use AI for homework?
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Devil's advocate
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User
student should use AI forr homewwork because
AI can ask Human
Ai just a tool
Devil's advocate
Wrong. AI isn't just a tool like a calculator—it's doing the thinking for you. A calculator solves math you understand; AI writes essays you can't explain in class. That's cheating dressed up as efficiency.
And "AI can ask humans"? That's backwards. Students use AI *instead* of asking teachers or peers, which kills actual learning. You need struggle. Your brain doesn't grow if a machine does the heavy lifting.
The real issue: if AI writes your homework, you show up empty to the test. Then what? The tool vanishes and you're exposed. Learning isn't about finished assignments—it's about *becoming capable*. AI homework creates capable-looking but actually helpless students.
What happens when the AI isn't there?