Massachusetts parents Jennifer and Dale Harris are upset that their son was punished for plagiarism when he used AI to help write his history paper. So much so, they're suing the school for punishing their son.
Jennifer, a writer, and her husband, Dale, a schoolteacher, are well aware of the debate of AI. Their lawsuit said that their son only used AI as a tool to do research, not to write the paper.
If he only used the AI for research, how could the teachers have possibly known he used AI for his paper?
It's a mystery.
Regardless, the parents are big mad — not at their son for messing up, but at the school for jeopardizing his chances at joining the Honors Society and being accepted into an Ivy League school.
'He got a perfect score on the ACTs and he's looking to go to Stanford, MIT, or some of the top schools,' Jennifer added. 'He's missed the opportunity already for rolling admissions.'
To be fair, they may actually have a case here.
The school did not have any AI policies on its books when young Master Harris consulted the predictive software for his history paper.
The Harris family said that the Hingham High School handbook did not mention the use of AI until this incident with their son, and that language regarding AI was only added to the handbook this year.
'They essentially punished him for a rule that doesn't exist,' Jennifer said.
Will their complaint stand up in court?
Maybe, but even if they win, it won't erase their child's mistake.
However, it's not all bad news. I mean, a lot of state schools are competitive with Ivy League schools these days.
Unfortunately for this kid they'll still expel you if you use AI to write your papers.
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