Australian academic warns AI cheating renders university degrees increasingly worthless

An Australian academic advised his stepdaughter against university, citing widespread AI-enabled cheating that undermines degree value. Students can outsource nearly all learning to AI assistants while earning high distinctions without attending lectures or reading texts. Universities ignore the crisis as long as they collect taxpayer subsidies and international fees, creating what he calls "degree-printing factories" with grave societal consequences.

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