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The Ghost in the Machine

BACK-TO-SCHOOL ESSAY: How AI is killing take-home assignments and forcing education to rely on labs and tests

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Dan Perry
Sep 02, 2025
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As a student, I found a sort of comfort in the quiet, deliberate work of an assignment. There was something reassuring about taking time to refine thoughts and handing in a thing that was my own. Tests were another matter — annoying and stressful. Eventually, and this may surprise some readers, I earned a master’s degree in computer science, with a spe…

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