Students had and still have the option to collectively choose not to use AI to cheat. We can go back to written work at any time. And yet they continue to use it. Curious.
Individuals can't "collectively" choose anything.
This test is given to the entire class, including people who never touched AI.
Students could absolutely organize a consensus decision to not use AI. People do this all the time. How do you think human organizations continue to exist?
Wouldn't that be a fine outcome?
I know we've had historical record of people saying this for 2000 years and counting, but I suspect the future is well and truly bleak. Not because of the next generation of students, but because of the current generation of educators unable to successfully adapt to new challenges in a way that is actually beneficial to the student that it is supposed to be their duty to teach.