# Why using GenAI in education is ‘pedagogically irresponsible’

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Podcast: [Education Technology Society](https://stenobird.com/podcast/education-technology-society-6407432)
Published: 2025-11-08T05:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Philosopher Gene Flenady (Monash University) has strong reservations about the current push for GenAI into university teaching and learning. If we accept that ChatGPT is an ‘irresponsible bullshitter’ then why is it being welcomed into universities … and what can we do about it? Accompanying reference >>> Flenady, G. & Sparrow, R. (2025). Cut the bullshit: why GenAI systems are neither collaborators nor tutors. Teaching in Higher Education, 1-10.

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