I could hear in this college student's voice how torn they were about their professor's stance — they were wrestling with understanding the professor's position and the pulls on his time, but also feeling a clear sense of loss.
Making student thinking and learning INvisible — courtesy of Claude.
“He [teacher] told us that he didn't see the value in grading our work because we're a lower-level class. Like I'm only a freshman… [and] he's already seen all the stuff that like we would get wrong. But if you're a professor and you're grading our stuff, then you'll know what we're getting wrong and what we need help on. So like, there is a point [to humans grading]… [But] he's using Claude to grade our stuff, [and now] it's actually giving feedback on what we could do better as opposed to him just knocking off a point or whatever for it.”
Citation: Nearfield. (2026, April). Spring 2026 Gen AI and social media listening loop [Collection of participant quotes]. Nearfield Listening Library. www.thenearfield.org/quotes/human-vs-ai-grades
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