AI Makes Cheating Easy. Here’s How It Can Make Kids Smarter Instead | Sue Khim

The gist

1. Grade inflation hides real decline: U.S. colleges now teach remedial algebra because schools lowered standards instead of fixing them.
2. Khim says direct answers hurt learning; good AI tutors ask guiding questions and keep students doing the hard cognitive work themselves.
3. Homework should not count toward grades, as many countries already do, so students lose the incentive to use AI as a shortcut.
4. Measure learning by assessment outcomes, not time spent or completion rate, since a faster path to mastery is always better.