rule out ai
Inspired by Tiramisu's avoiding AI slop.
It's nice hearing students turning in stories presumably generated with AI. It's feasible that they "really worked hard", "took a lot longer", and "tried out different ideas" compared to generating them by hand. Did you ask good enough questions to discover why they endured that "trouble" for a completely voluntary course?
Valid if not abundant reasoning can back up students' decisions to submit stories generated with AI. What generative AI process prevents a student from gaining something from turning their story in? What process prevents them learning from a teacher's feedback? With how teacher feedback depends on student submissions, a generated story is better than nothing. That holds true even more for a course where there's no penalty for skipping classes and homework.
Ruling out feedback for stories presumably generated with AI would save both the AI-resistant teacher and their AI-aware students from wasting everyone's precious time. Teachers sickened by "Sora-generated nonsense" can temper their disgust. Students entertained by the forefront of technology can find better outlets. How can people across the spectrum of AI sentiment collaboratively navigate toward their preferred tools: with AI, without it, or with both?