Scientists in China working on a 10-year-old project believe they can -- one day.

Scientists in China working on a 10-year-old project believe they can -- one day. The South China Morning Post reports that around 60,000 schools -- that's one in every four in the country -- are taking part in an extensive test that uses AI software to score student essays. The technology is designed to judge an essay according to its writing style and structure, as well as how well it sticks to a given topic. Researchers say it's meant to make grading fairer and more accurate. A government document claims the algorithm and a human grader gave the same score more than 90% of the time. But schools and teachers interviewed by the SCMP said there were many instances where an excellent essay was given a low score.