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The PSLE and other exams need a no-AI rule
Far from becoming outdated, supervised exams which prohibit AI use remain critical in testing whether students can think for themselves.
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It is not students who must endure exams, but the exams themselves which must endure even as they face the test of AI, says the writer.
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When students sit the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) in September, they will not have access to ChatGPT; neither will their seniors taking other national exams in the weeks ahead.
But if we are preparing students for the world where generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) will be ubiquitous, why not just give students free access to best simulate that environment?
