Last week, the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) copped some backlash after it was accused of using an image generated by artificial intelligence in an English HSC. The publisher of the image has since confirmed it was indeed created with AI.
In what feels like a very (and I mean very mild) Black Mirror episode, the big dogs who run the HSC were embroiled in controversy after Year 12 students accused them of using an AI-generated image in a key part of the exam.
The image in question features a laptop with a beautiful river on its monitor. The laptop is on a wooden bench next to two smartphones, a coffee cup and a bunch of wires. The background features a waterfront view similar to the one on the laptop’s monitor.
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According to a post on r/Australia, a student claimed they were asked to “analyse” the images’ “deeper meaning” and “analyse the composer’s intent”.
“As a Year 12 student who just did the first English exam, I was genuinely baffled seeing one of the stimulus texts you have to analyse is an AI IMAGE,” the Redditor shared alongside a photo of the image.
“Having an AI image in which you physically can’t analyse anything deeper than what it suggests, it’s just extremely ironic.”
As discussions unfolded regarding the use of AI in HSC, one Redditor shared the images’ original poster, which led back to a medium.com article by Florian Schroeder, a German-based AI professional.
Was the English HSC image AI generated?
Speaking to the Sydney Morning Herald, Schroeder confirmed the image was AI-generated, saying “it is very nice to see that the image is used all the way in Australia”.
“If the image is suitable for the exam, why not use it?” he told the publication before revealing the image was made through OpenAI programs including ChatGPT and Dall-E 2.
When NESA first copped backlash, the SMH claimed it declined to confirm if the image was AI-generated.
Following the publication’s confirmation, NESA said, “We want to reassure students that they were asked to respond to the question using the image, not the origin of the image, nor its construction. They will be marked on how they responded to the question.”
As technology continues to evolve, NESA has made a policy for students regarding the use of AI.
Unapproved use of AI in the completion of an assignment is considered a breach of academic integrity and students must complete an “All My Own Work” module before taking part in the HSC.
Image source: Inbetweeners / Channel 4 and Reddit / r/Australia
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