For students, the objective is to write what to an adult would be mediocre essays, because they are on a path to writing adult level essays.
The AI can write mediocre essays, but not adult level essays.
Assuming that a student must write a bunch of mediocre essays in order to progress past the AI to write adult level essays, then they need to be evaluated on writing a bunch of mediocre essays.
If the teacher cannot distinguish between AI output and the student's output, and the result is that we give up on evaluating mediocre student essays, then the students are ultimately inhibited from progression to adult level essays, which, currently, are superior to the AI's output.
For students, the objective is to write what to an adult would be mediocre essays, because they are on a path to writing adult level essays.
The AI can write mediocre essays, but not adult level essays.
Assuming that a student must write a bunch of mediocre essays in order to progress past the AI to write adult level essays, then they need to be evaluated on writing a bunch of mediocre essays.
If the teacher cannot distinguish between AI output and the student's output, and the result is that we give up on evaluating mediocre student essays, then the students are ultimately inhibited from progression to adult level essays, which, currently, are superior to the AI's output.