The Impact of Homework on Teaching and Grading

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"I think the age of homework is a bad age," he says. "It may end up that we do our math homework in class, where we can't secretly use chat sheet PT to help us answer" He asks: Do you allow it? Do you recognize it? What are the transparency requirements? Do you grade it differently?

Economist Tyler Cowen of George Mason University talks with EconTalk's Russ Roberts about the benefits and dangers of artificial intelligence. Cowen argues that the worriers--those who think that artificial intelligence will destroy mankind--need to make a more convincing case for their concerns. He also believes that the worriers are too willing to reduce freedom and empower the state in the name of reducing a risk that is far from certain. Along the way, Cowen and Roberts discuss how AI might change various parts of the economy and the job market.