AI chatbot helps teach online-only psychology classes at Macquarie University
2026-09-01 · AI (artificial intelligence) | The Guardian
Macquarie University decided students don't need actual humans to learn psychology — just an AI chatbot and 'minimal human interaction.' Critics warn this is just the beginning of replacing academics wholesale, destroying everything that makes teaching worth doing. Nothing says 'quality education' like outsourcing the human experience to a language model.