Writer Zhu Youxun warns: Nearly 40% of novel award-winning works are suspected to be generated by AI, calling on schools to strengthen paper-and-pencil writing to prevent the degradation of intelligence

◎ Chen Qinong

Writer Zhu Youxun served as a judge for the Novel Award Essay Competition and pointed out that nearly 40% of the works were generated by AI. He lamented that if the future essay competition methods did not clearly stipulate that AI creation cannot be used, he would not be willing to serve as a judge.

Don’t let AI replace thinking. How schools can respond

Writer Zhu Youxun served as a judge for the Novel Award Essay Competition and pointed out that nearly 40% of the works were generated by AI. (Taken from Zhu Youxun’s Facebook) Using AI to replace human intelligence in creation has become an increasingly popular phenomenon, and it is difficult to distinguish it. Once, I was chatting with my younger son, who was studying at National Chengchi University, about whether any of his classmates used AI to submit reports. He reluctantly pointed out that he had worked hard to complete the report, but his grades were even lower than those of his classmates who used AI to submit their homework. Although the professor has informed me that AI cannot be used to submit reports, it is still difficult to identify students' work when reviewing it.

However, school education cannot allow students to abuse AI, which will cause their intelligence to deteriorate and their creative abilities to slow down. There should be some corresponding measures to prevent the human brain from being replaced by AI and to maintain the educational process that can stimulate students' unlimited creative educational vitality.

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First of all, the most important thing should be to increase the opportunities for students to write with pen and paper as much as possible, because writing with pen and paper will be real student works, and writing with paper and pen can stimulate students' thinking and creative abilities, cultivate patience, cultivate temperament, and play an important role in stabilizing emotions.

Increase students’ ability to write and read aloud with pen and paper

In addition to increasing writing opportunities in daily life, students can also increase the number of writing topics through assessment methods. Under the leadership of the exam leader, students will naturally practice more writing with pen and paper in order to demonstrate proficiency and creativity in exams and strive for higher scores.

Reading is of course also very important. Teachers can also take advantage of various opportunities. In addition to Chinese classes, other subjects should also let students read aloud. In addition to class time, morning time and class club time can allow students to read written materials aloud. Because reading can improve students' understanding, reading aloud can promote students' expression ability and is beneficial to cultivating literary fluency.

Schools should try to increase the opportunities for students to write with pen and paper, because only when written with pen and paper can it be authentic student work. (File photo) Although the wave of AI is unstoppable, based on convenience and work efficiency, school education can use various educational methods to provide students with a mechanism to unlock wisdom. In addition to avoiding the degradation of wisdom, it allows students to continue to be creative and cultivate the emotional management skills needed for interpersonal relationships.

(The author is an educator)