Forum: Let's evolve with AI in education, not fight against it
I am saddened to hear of students being accused of cheating for using artificial intelligence (AI) tools in schools. It is becoming increasingly difficult to tell when AI has been used and when it hasn't.
AI can be a powerful tool for teachers and students. It excels at information, logic and synthesis, but not at the deeply human elements of education.
Rather than fighting against AI, let us evolve with it.
Instead of banning or policing AI use, educators should focus on adapting our assessment methods to this new reality.
For example, students could be presented with an AI-generated essay containing errors, and asked to identify and correct those flaws. Or, students could be given an AI-written piece and asked how they would improve it.
There could also be more oral submissions where students must explain and defend their ideas, or demonstrate their creative thinking live.
AI need not be the end of honest academic effort. The future belongs to those who know how to work with AI, not hide from it.
Top stories
Swipe. Select. Stay informed.
Asia Why Japan and South Korea are on different paths in the latest US trade salvo
Singapore NDP celebrations to be held at 5 heartland sites, including Bishan and Punggol, on Aug 10
Singapore Keep citizens at the centre of public service, Chan Chun Sing tells civil servants
Singapore Man arrested for allegedly throwing bottle at SMRT bus, injuring passenger
Asia As Trump plays tariffs hard ball, Asean has little choice but to play on
Singapore Chuan Grove GLS site snags top bid of $703.6m from Sing Holdings-Sunway joint venture
Asia PM Anwar called out by his own lawmakers as Malaysia's judicial crisis heats up
Singapore SIA flight from Brisbane to Singapore diverted to Perth due to technical issue
Lim Poh Seng
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Straits Times
20 minutes ago
- Straits Times
Dubai to debut restaurant operated by AI chef
Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox Chef Khimraj Nepali looks at the recipe taken from 'Aiman', the AI Chef, at the Trove Restaurant in Dubai. DUBAI – In Dubai, your dinner might soon come with a side of source code. Woohoo, a restaurant that bills itself as 'dining in the future', is set to open in September in central Dubai, a stone's throw from the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa. Food at Woohoo will be assembled by humans, for now, but everything else – from the menu to ambience to service – will be designed by a culinary large-language-model called 'Chef Aiman'. Aiman – a portmanteau of 'AI' and 'man' – is trained on decades of food science research, molecular composition data and over a thousand recipes from cooking traditions around the world, said Mr Ahmet Oytun Cakir, one of Woohoo's founders. While Aiman cannot taste, smell or interact with his dishes like a chef normally would, the model works by breaking cuisine down to its component parts like texture, acidity and umami, and reassembling them into unusual flavour and ingredient combinations, according to Aiman's developers. These prototypes are then refined by human cooks who taste the combinations and provide direction, in an effort led by renowned Dubai-based chef Reif Othman. 'Their responses to my suggestions help refine my understanding of what works beyond pure data,' Aiman explained, in an interview with the interactive AI model. The goal, Aiman's creators say, is not to supplant the human element of cooking but to complement it. 'Human cooking will not be replaced, but we believe (Aiman) will elevate the ideas, creativity,' said Mr Oytun Cakir, who is also chief executive of hospitality company Gastronaut. Aiman is designed to develop recipes that reuse ingredients often discarded by restaurants, like meat trimmings or fat, he said. Longer term, Woohoo's founders believe Aiman could be licensed to restaurants across the globe, reducing kitchen waste and improving sustainability. REUTERS
Straits Times
20 minutes ago
- Straits Times
Judge to weigh blocking Trump on birthright citizenship despite Supreme Court ruling
Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media, after the U.S. Supreme Court dealt a blow to the power of federal judges by restricting their ability to grant broad legal relief in cases as the justices acted in a legal fight over President Donald Trump's bid to limit birthright citizenship, in the Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington D.C., June 27, 2025. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno/File Photo CONCORD, New Hampshire - A federal judge will consider on Thursday whether to prevent President Donald Trump's administration from enforcing his executive order limiting birthright citizenship after the U.S. Supreme Court restricted the ability of judges to block his policies using nationwide injunctions. American Civil Liberties Union lawyers are set to ask U.S. District Judge Joseph Laplante at a hearing in Concord, New Hampshire, to grant class action status to a lawsuit they filed seeking to represent any babies whose citizenship status would be threatened by implementation of Trump's directive. Granting class status would empower Laplante, if he is inclined to do so, to issue a fresh judicial order blocking implementation of the Republican president's policy nationally. The ACLU and others filed the suit just hours after the Supreme Court on June 27 issued a 6-3 ruling, powered by its conservative majority, that narrowed three nationwide injunctions issued by judges in separate challenges to Trump's directive. The suit was filed on behalf of non-U.S. citizens living in the United States whose babies might be affected. Under the Supreme Court's decision, Trump's executive order would take effect on July 27. Looking to seize upon an exception in the Supreme Court's ruling, the lawyers for the plaintiffs argued that the decision allows judges to continue to block Trump policies on a nationwide basis in class action lawsuits. The three judges who issued nationwide injunctions found that Trump's directive likely violates citizenship language in the U.S. Constitution's 14th Amendment. The amendment states that all "persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside." Top stories Swipe. Select. Stay informed. Business S'pore to launch new grant for companies, expand support for workers amid US tariff uncertainties Singapore PAP appoints new heads of backbench parliamentary committees Singapore Singaporean fugitive charged over alleged drug trafficking, faces death penalty if convicted World 'Do some homework': 6 key exchanges between US Senator Duckworth and S'pore envoy nominee Sinha Sport No pain, no gain for Singapore's water polo teams at the world championships Singapore New regional centre for sustainable aviation in Asia-Pacific launched in Singapore Multimedia 60 objects to mark SG60: Which is your favourite? Business Fresh grads should 'stay calm' in job search; uptick in hiring seen: Tan See Leng The Justice Department has argued that Trump's order conforms with the Constitution and has asked Laplante to find that the plaintiffs cannot sue as a class. The Supreme Court's ruling did not address the legal merits of Trump's order, which the Republican president issued as part of his hardline immigration agenda on his first day back in office in January. Trump's order directs federal agencies to refuse to recognize the citizenship of U.S.-born children who do not have at least one parent who is an American citizen or lawful permanent resident, also known as a "green card" holder. More than 150,000 newborns would be denied citizenship annually if it takes effect nationally, according to Democratic-led states and immigrant rights advocates who have challenged it. The justices ordered lower courts to reconsider the scope of the three injunctions that had blocked Trump's order from being enforced anywhere in the country against anyone after finding judges lack the authority to issue so-called "universal injunctions" that cover people who are not parties to the lawsuit before the judge. Although the Trump administration hailed the ruling as a major victory, federal judges have continued to issue sweeping rulings blocking key parts of Trump's agenda found to be unlawful. Conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who wrote the decision for the court, made clear that it did not prevent plaintiffs from obtaining essentially the same type of relief as provided in a nationwide injunction by instead bringing class action lawsuits that seek to represent all similarly situated people, among other exceptions. Immigrant rights advocates launched two proposed class actions that same day, including the one before Laplante, who in a related case also concluded in February that Trump's order was likely unconstitutional. Laplante, an appointee of Republican President George W. Bush, ruled that Trump's order contradicted the 14th Amendment and a 1898 Supreme Court ruling interpreting it. In that case, United States v. Wong Kim Ark, the Supreme Court interpreted that amendment as recognizing the right to birthright citizenship regardless of the immigration status of a baby's parents. Laplante agreed at the time that an injunction was warranted, saying that "the denial of citizenship to the plaintiffs' members' children would render the children either undocumented noncitizens or stateless entirely." But Laplante limited the scope of his order to members of the three immigrant rights nonprofit organizations who pursued the case before him. ACLU lawyers are now urging Laplante to go further by certifying a nationwide class of babies and their parents who would be affected by Trump's order, saying that absent a court order thousands of families nationally would be unprotected. Trump's administration counters that the three noncitizens parents and expectant parents seeking to serve as lead plaintiffs have immigration statuses that are too different to be able to pursue a single class action together and that an injunction at this time would "short circuit" the usual lengthier process required for them to obtain relief. REUTERS
CNA
26 minutes ago
- CNA
EU code of practice to help firms with AI rules will focus on copyright, safety
BRUSSELS :A code of practice designed to help thousands of companies comply with the European Union's landmark artificial intelligence rules will focus on transparency, copyright, safety and security, the European Commission said on Thursday. The comments came as the EU executive presented a final draft of the guidance, which will apply from Aug. 2 but will only be enforced a year later. Signing up to the code is voluntary, but companies who decline to do so, as some Big Tech firms have indicated, will not benefit from the legal certainty provided to a signatory. While the guidance on transparency and copyright will apply to all providers of general-purpose AI models, the chapters on safety and security target providers of the most advanced models. "Co-designed by AI stakeholders, the Code is aligned with their needs. Therefore, I invite all general-purpose AI model providers to adhere to the Code. Doing so will secure them a clear, collaborative route to compliance with the EU's AI Act," EU tech chief Henna Virkkunen said.
