United Russia noted the need to solve the problem of AI in education

The legal regulation of the use of artificial intelligence in the Russian Federation still contains many gaps, which, among other things, creates difficulties in evaluating final qualifying papers. This was stated on May 27 by Vladimir Yakushev, Secretary of the United Russia General Council and First Vice Speaker of the Federation Council, speaking at the round table "Using AI in the educational process."

"The legal regulation of the use of artificial intelligence is an area in which there are still many gaps. The stage of searching for optimal solutions is ahead. It is impossible to approach this one—sidedly - when term papers and theses are passed through the information system and only on this basis they are evaluated. Our meeting is a signal to the teaching community that comprehensive work and a balanced approach should be organized. To eliminate situations where students have to rewrite their work," Yakushev said, as quoted by the party's press service.

He added that it is necessary to find a "middle ground" and agree on common rules that will apply to the preparation and evaluation of final qualifying papers. Yakushev stressed that solutions should be worked out already in the current academic year, as the time is now coming for the final qualifying papers at universities.

"Our meeting is a signal to the teaching community that comprehensive work and a balanced approach should be organized. To eliminate situations where students have to rewrite their work," said the Vice speaker of the Federation Council.

Valery Falkov, Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, supported this initiative and noted that the share of student papers generated by the neural network has been growing in recent years. The leaders — up to 60% of such texts — were works in economic areas of training.

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On the same day, Falkov said that theses may soon disappear due to the development of artificial intelligence (AI), and higher education institutions will return to the oral exam. According to the minister, no system can fully prepare a student for the teacher's questions. Falkov also noted that the educational process will require major changes, as a new generation of students will be accustomed to AI from birth, which will change approaches to learning and thinking in universities.

On March 25, Evgenia Boltak, Head of the HR Department at the Polylog Group, said that the lack of proper regulation of AI in education could lead to a gap between formal learning outcomes and the real competencies of graduates. According to her, AI has already become an integral part of the educational process. She explained that many people use it not only to search for information, but also to solve educational problems.