With AI’s rapid advancements in research and writing capabilities, in what year do you think thesis writing will cease to be required for most BS and MS students? (I.e., effectively being abandoned as a measure of academic proficiency)
A lot depends on what you mean by “required”, and what specific classes or functions you’re talking about. The core skill of committing a position to writing and supporting it with logic is never going away. It will shift from “do this with minimal spelling and grammar assistance” to “ensure that the prompt-review-revise loop generates output you can stand behind”.
This is already happening in many businesses and practical (grant-writing) aspects of academia. It’ll take a while for undergrad and MS programs to admit that their academic theories of what they’re teaching needs revision.
Oh, I mean “required” as in to get a degree in a certain subject you need to write a thesis as your rite of passage.
Yes, you are right. Adept or die. AI can be a wonderful tool for learning but as it is used right now, where everyone have to say that they don´t use it, it beyond silly. I guess there will be some kind of reckoning soon.
With AI’s rapid advancements in research and writing capabilities, in what year do you think thesis writing will cease to be required for most BS and MS students? (I.e., effectively being abandoned as a measure of academic proficiency)
A lot depends on what you mean by “required”, and what specific classes or functions you’re talking about. The core skill of committing a position to writing and supporting it with logic is never going away. It will shift from “do this with minimal spelling and grammar assistance” to “ensure that the prompt-review-revise loop generates output you can stand behind”.
This is already happening in many businesses and practical (grant-writing) aspects of academia. It’ll take a while for undergrad and MS programs to admit that their academic theories of what they’re teaching needs revision.
Oh, I mean “required” as in to get a degree in a certain subject you need to write a thesis as your rite of passage.
Yes, you are right. Adept or die. AI can be a wonderful tool for learning but as it is used right now, where everyone have to say that they don´t use it, it beyond silly. I guess there will be some kind of reckoning soon.