"Krone" commentary

Let’s abolish schools right away!

"Education" Minister Martin Polaschek admits defeat to the AI.(Bild: Krone KREATIV/APA/ROLAND SCHLAGER ,jroballo – stock.adobe.com)

"Education" Minister Martin Polaschek is pulling the much-cited ripcord. He wants to abolish the so-called VWAs (Vorwissenschaftliche Arbeiten) at grammar schools, diploma theses at vocational secondary schools and final theses at vocational secondary schools. The reason for this is simple, but is formulated in a convoluted way by the department: "Due to the rapid developments in the field of artificial intelligence, these theses and the current structure of these theses have been repeatedly called into question in recent months."

In other words, since tens of thousands of students are increasingly using ChatGPT to write their pre-scientific work, it is simply being abolished. So it's one to zero for artificial intelligence against the Austrian education system.