> If you are saying that 100% of grading must be manual That's not what was said though; I don't think anyone has a problem with some grading being automated (

> If you are saying that 100% of grading must be manual That's not what was said though; I don't think anyone has a problem with some grading being automated (e.g. multiple-choice), and software has been used for decades for this kind of thing. But there are serious limitations to this. If I solve a math problem in the correct way but made a silly mistake in the arithmetic leading to the wrong answer, then this is still a "correct" answer in a way, worth of some points. And grading math is easy; how would you automate the grading of a question like "describe two reasons why the American settlers declared independence"?