Kuala Lampur, Aug. 3 -- In many Malaysian universities, getting an A- or even a B+ seems to have become the new abnormality, often followed by student emails asking why they fell short of a perfect A. Whether this reflects smarter students, grade inflation or something else entirely is open to debate. But one thing has become increasingly difficult to ignore come marking season.

Many of my colleagues and I now find ourselves spending hours grading essays and theses that are strongly suspected of having been largely generated by artificial intelligence (AI). It raises a troubling question: who, exactly, are we assessing?

AI is indeed one of the most transformative educational tools of our time. But in embracing these technologies, we mus...