> Maybe they can allow AI for writing but raise the bar on quality so the blind copy-paste submissions still fail.
These are highschoolers, still learning to write - their output won't be the best. It won't be long at all until AI can write as well as the average (honest, pre-AI) highschooler, if we're not past that point already.
We're well past the point of AI being able to write better than the average highschooler. It's not even close. What I remember from my high school was that the average student could barely put together 3 coherent paragraphs.
These are highschoolers, still learning to write - their output won't be the best. It won't be long at all until AI can write as well as the average (honest, pre-AI) highschooler, if we're not past that point already.