When OpenAI released ChatGPT in 2022, it set off a firestorm among educators. Here was a tool that, with a few lines of direction, could gather reams of information, compose human-like sentences, and spit out an answer to seemingly any question. Students, they thought, would certainly use it to cheat.

As artificial intelligence chatbots’ popularity has ballooned, so, too, has alarm over their potential misuses. In March, The Wall Street Journal told parents, “ There’s a Good Chance Your Kid Uses AI to Cheat .” New York Magazine declared that “ Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through College .”

For many students, those headlines ring true. But not for all.

Why We Wrote This

As artificial intelligence intertwines itself with daily life, some students are pushing back. Their reasons ra

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