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title: No AI Homework for Kids
date: 2026-10-31T09:46:00+05:30
categories:
  - funny
  - llms
description: I asked workshop participants who used AI for homework whether they would let their children do the same. Nearly all used AI, but most said no; my daughter called them self-aware.
tags: [ai-in-education, llms, humor]
---

I conducted a workshop last weekend for working professionals and had assigned homework as part of that. We reviewed their homework at the start of the class, and I noticed that the majority of them had clear AI smells.

I let the participants know that using AI is perfectly fine, especially in an AI class, and asked how many of them used AI to write the final output, All, except one, said "Yes" - a bit of a surprise to me since it included some output that I thought was manually written.

Then I asked them how many would _allow their children_ to do the same, that is, to submit AI output as their homework. A clear majority of them said no.

|                | YES, kids should use AI | No, kids shouldn't |
| -------------- | ----------------------: | -----------------: |
| YES, I used AI |                       7 |                 16 |
| NO, I didn't   |                       0 |                  1 |

(3 others who didn't submit their homework also said "No" to kids using AI for homework.)

I mentioned this to my daughter, who nodded wisely and said, "Well, at least they're self-aware!"

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