# UC Berkeley math professor Richard Borcherds stops grading homework because of AI use

> Original title: AI use leads UC Berkeley math professor to see 'no point' in grading homework

- Source: Hacker News · AI (150+ points)
- Published: 2026-10-25T16:28:26.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/mt88d1pobk8wsj6t9x06gba31
- Original: https://www.dailycal.org/news/campus/academics/ai-use-leads-uc-berkeley-math-professor-to-see-no-point-in-grading-homework/article_bdf1eae2-c08b-491f-b9f1-81a7cea177de.html

## Summary

Richard Borcherds, a UC Berkeley professor and Fields medalist, no longer grades his students' homework for correctness, grading on completion instead after seeing many students use AI to get top scores. He says the system is "not a very good system" but he has no alternative for now. Borcherds also says he no longer knows what to advise students about entering the math department.