I was talking about cheating by students. Even if most were willing to cheat, it often wasn't feasible or low-effort. But with more tests being at home or online since COVID cheating got a lot more feasible and also required less effort. AI increased the feasibility somewhat, but it drastically reduced the effort, thereby making it more attractive.

Although the education system has always been terrible, it did still teach some things, or at least got students to get experience memorizing things or thinking and solving problems, and got them used to some hard work. Even inane subjects like gender studies at least required students to practice writing and making arguments to support their dumb views. Someone who chooses to take that class is only going to be cured of their dumb views if they learn how to think. Studying the subject more is probably more likely to fix them than ignorance, since they might figure out that the subject makes no sense and the "experts" don't know what they're talking about.