Outsourcing writing, or summarizing, or X to an AI system is like using a cheatsheet on an exam. Sure, you'll get a good grade, but you've learned nothing in the end.

And what has politics to do with this?

When I went to college I got my ass kicked by being forced to do difficult things the hard way (to grossly over simplify my education) which in turn gave me a level of intellectual independence.

There is certainly theatre to universities and I agree the models are broken for what they are used for, but for the institutions that are truly challenging students, the answers are not the point. The challenge is.

AI removes that challenge and creates nothing but a dependency. That's the real issue here, not the failings of higher Ed