If graders (teachers) award As on AI-produced essays, they are obviously not paying close attention, so that's on them. As a student, you need to consider what

If graders (teachers) award As on AI-produced essays, they are obviously not paying close attention, so that's on them. As a student, you need to consider what are you getting out of your education: good job tricking absent teachers, but perhaps look to them to give you better feedback on your actual writing abilities in order to improve them? It's like learning the fundamentals of math in school: sure, you can use a calculator for most stuff (and a graphing one well into college), but what do you gain from that?