Humanizing AI, dehumanizing students? The ontological politics of academic integrity in an age of AI

Juuso Henrik Nieminen

Chapter 2 in A Research Agenda for Artificial Intelligence and Academic Integrity, 2026, pp 9-21 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Conversations regarding AI in education tend to be reactionary and pragmatic, focusing more on student learning and cheating than on how AI may disrupt conventional ways of being a student. This chapter approaches AI from an ontological viewpoint by examining students’ abilities (traditionally understood to be inherent to each student) and their counterparts, disabilities (most commonly seen as medicalized attributes). Students with disabilities often are portrayed as potential cheaters, yet such labeling now encompasses all students due to AI's prevalence. The chapter explores how AI may broaden our understanding of (dis)abilities through a posthumanist perspective: abilities are not individualistic but rather networked between various human and non-human agents, such as AI. Thus, “honest” representations of (dis)ability cannot be grasped by traditional academic integrity practices. The chapter explores how academic integrity practices shape the spaces of becoming in an age of AI, with significant implications for inclusion and equity.

Keywords: Equity; Social justice; Student identity; Ableism; Ontology of higher education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
ISBN: 9781035343638
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