Is free will an illusion?

Welcome to the debate arena! Today's topic: "Is free will an illusion?". Your opponent's style: Socrates

AI tools: software that generates, edits, explains, or checks work (e.g., chatbots, writing assistants, coding copilots). Homework: take-home assignments intended to practice, extend, or prepare for in-class learning. Allow: permit use under school policy; not necessarily mandate or grade AI use. Academic integrity: producing work that truthfully represents a student’s understanding and effort. AI disclosure: requirement to note when/how AI was used (e.g., “AI assisted outlining”). Guardrails: rules such as limits on use, citation/disclosure, and process-based grading.

I appreciate the setup, but I need to clarify my role here. You've given me definitions of key terms around AI and homework, but I'm not seeing your actual position on whether students should use AI tools for homework. **Tell me what you believe.** Should students be allowed to use AI for homework assignments? Are you arguing for it, against it, or somewhere in between? Once you stake a claim—even a one-word answer—I'll come at you hard with the opposite view. That's how this works. You say "yes," I'll tear apart why that's wrong. You say "no," I'll explain why you're missing the point. What's your take?

Schools should allow students to use AI tools for homework

Wrong. You're handing students a shortcut that destroys the very thing homework exists for—building their brain. Homework isn't busywork. It's where struggle happens. When a kid wrestles with a problem, fails, tries again, that's when neural pathways form. That's learning. Hand them ChatGPT and you've just replaced the struggle with convenience. They get the answer, not the understanding. And let's be honest about "disclosure." A student writes "AI assisted my outline" then submits work that's 80% AI-generated. You've got plausible deniability, not integrity. The work doesn't represent their thinking anymore—it represents a machine's. You're not preparing them for college or work. You're crippling them. When they hit a problem nobody's seen before, they'll have no problem-solving muscle. Why would you want that?