I believe that the students should not have used generative A.I. to do their work and that the university was right to penalise them as the students had already been warned that not to use A.I. tools for their work. They had been given repeated reminders and yet they still used it.

Aside from that I believe it is right to penalise these students as it is unfair to their peers who did their due diligence to properly research information for their work. These students would have gotten the same mark without ever needing to work due to A.I. Letting them off the hook would have symbolised to these students that their hard work on par with their peers who did almost nothing but type a prompt and let an A.I. do their work.

Thus, I agree with NTU's decision to penalise the students who used generative A.I. to do their work.

However, schools teaching responsible AI use may be ineffective as students may not listen to them. Many students now often use online AI tools such as ChatGPT to help them with their homework and projects in school. Some students even go as far as directly copying off the answers that is given by AI. For example, I have a friend who often uses AI to help with their homework and they directly copy it off from AI. Even tough the teachers have warned them that doing it is an offence but he just ignored their words and continue doing it. Therefore, I feel that this may be ineffective as some students just do not care and would keep using AI for the wrong uses.

Firstly, AI should be encouraged and allowed to be used, as it is soon to be a tool utilised in future jobs and society. The use of AI is constantly growing each day, with its learning capabilities available to every student. Across a test conducted across Singapore, approximately 9 in 10 students have used AI for learning. This shows that AI is seen to be a tool to be used for learning, not just cheat sheets. This proves it to be a possible tool used by people in the future, especially in jobs and future work. Restricting Ai usage blocks off learning opportunities of the use and benefits of AI, affecting the student's pursuits for learning and future knowledge of AI use. This shows that AI is heavily relied on, not for whole answers, but for responsible use, generating organized and dissected information.

Not only that, but use of AI as learning companions is often encouraged by government and educators, seen as an accessible source of learning. In numerous articles, and my English teacher, the use of AI learning has been strongly encouraged. Not to be abused for answers, but explanations and knowledge. This can help provide learning access 24/7 to all students, regardless of background and opportunities. For example, I once had a friend who could not afford tuition and assessment books. However, using AI, he could generate questions and information for free. This generative and responsible use of AI shows that AI can be beneficial to make work more accessible for students while requiring hard work.

Some people may disagree with me, sharing that AI creates unoriginal work and information, and can be often abused by users to fabricate answers, which means AI use should be removed entirely. However, despite this small problem, AI should not be entirely blocked off to students. AI can be often subjectively used by users, whether or not to learn or simply create fake answers. Therefore, to address this, AI use should be limited to students, such that it can be used to provide information and knowledge, but not as free answers. 

All in all, AI should be banned, but not entirely- providing beneficial knowledge to people of all backgrounds, it can be used as an effective learning tool both in schools and workplaces. However, it should be partially banned, where simply generating answers shouldn’t be allowed, as it blocks off any sense of creativity and innovation.

As humans step into the AI era, AI has become an inseparable part of our daily lives. Most people use AI frequently, and is most popular among students for using it in their studies. However, some students have yet the discipline to appropriately use AI, and abuse it to cut corners when doing homework. Thus, schools should teach responsible use of AI.

Moreover, banning AI is not a viable solution in schools, as they may find themselves one step behind compared to other schools. AI if used correctly are able to help take student's learning to the next level. For example, I have used AI before to check my grammar when writing compositions, and rephrase sentences to convey messages clearer. Not only do I get higher grades, I also learn methods to phrase my sentences better in the process of using AI. This shows how AI can help elevate student's performance, if they do not use it to skip through their homework, especially when it can provide immediate feedback where teachers may not be around to guide students.

Thus, instead of forbidding the use of AI in schools, teachers should take up the initiative to educate students on acceptable use of AI will boost their learning, as well as misusing AI will lead to facing severe consequences.