The greatest risk of AI in higher education isn’t cheating

By Jacob Burley & Nir Eisikovits · The Conversation · February 2026

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The greatest risk of AI in higher education isn’t cheating

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"Automating knowledge production and teaching weakens the ecosystem of students and scholars that sustains universities, raising existential questions about their mission."

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