How To Make Humanities Assignments AI-Proof
This thoughtful review of evolving teaching practices will provide useful ideas for humanities instructors who want to adapt their assignments to the age of the AI chatbot.
Banning A.I. and calling it a day wouldn’t work; they had to A.I.-proof many assignments by making them happen in real time and without computers, and they had to come up with a workable policy around the technology in other situations. I don’t remember being particularly inspired by the essays I was writing as an English major back in the early aughts, and listening to the way these professors are adapting to an A.I.-powered world made me wonder if this ingenuity is overdue.
Through a combination of oral examinations, one-on-one discussions, community engagement and in-class projects, the professors I spoke with are revitalizing the experience of humanities for 21st-century students.