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Berkeley Professor Stops Grading AI-Accuracy, Shifts to Exams

By Drooid · Oct 26, 2026, 4:14 PM UTC · How we work

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Professor Richard Borcherds stopped grading homework for correctness and now awards credit for completing assignments.
He shifted assessment to in-person exams where devices are prohibited because AI-generated answers inflate scores.
UC Berkeley requires AI-use policies in syllabi, where campus-wide tests of Turnitin and Rumi proved unreliable.
Borcherds warned AI could eventually outpace human mathematicians, making the field’s future uncertain.

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Professor Richard Borcherds stopped grading homework for correctness and now awards credit for completing assignments.
He shifted assessment to in-person exams where devices are prohibited because AI-generated answers inflate scores.
UC Berkeley requires AI-use policies in syllabi, where campus-wide tests of Turnitin and Rumi proved unreliable.
Borcherds warned AI could eventually outpace human mathematicians, making the field’s future uncertain.