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UC Berkeley Math Professor Stops Grading Homework Due to AI Use

A UC Berkeley mathematics professor has stopped assigning and grading homework because artificial intelligence tools have made the practice pointless.

2 publishers · 2 articles · first seen 25 Oct 2026 · updated 3h ago

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2 publishers have covered this in 2 articles since 25 Oct 2026. Hacker News published first, on 25 October at 16:28 UTC; Inc. followed 8h 30m later. The most recent article, from Inc., appeared on 26 October at 00:58 UTC.

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  1. A Berkeley Math Professor Stopped Grading Homework. It’s Not Because Students Improved Inc.
  2. AI use leads UC Berkeley math professor to see 'no point' in grading homework Hacker News

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