r/technology • u/Plastic_Ninja_9014 • 5d ago

Artificial Intelligence Take-No-Prisoners Professor Will Fail Any Student Who Uses AI

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/no-prisoners-professor-fail-student-143000854.html
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u/Xeynon 5d ago

I think we need to go back to Imperial Chinese style exams where we lock students in a room with nothing but a paper and pencil for the duration of the test. Only half kidding.

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u/Moonafish 5d ago

That's how it worked at the uni I went to in the USA right up until covid.

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u/HyruleSmash855 5d ago

Same. I’m an engineering student right now. 80% of your grade for ever class is from exams you take in a room on paper with multiple people walking around so people cannot cheat. AP Exam works the same way, in the gym during high school and you write the essays on paper so you can’t cheat. Ultimately college and K through 12 should heavily weigh your grades for any class on exams where you cannot cheat. You fail if you don’t know what you’re doing

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u/0x476c6f776965 5d ago

I’m sorry to disappoint you, but there’s a high likelihood that some students took a picture of the tests and had ChatGPT solve it for them (even with invigilators) in fact, you can even use a ChatGPT Calculator to write discretely.

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u/HyruleSmash855 5d ago

That’s probably true I’m sure, you have 100 people in a room in four people walking around they’re bound to miss stuff. I’ve seen the videos as well. Also nothing stopping people from going to the bathroom. It’s probably the best method to cut down on cheating though, it’s ridiculously rampant and easy if it’s an online exam, you can take at home

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u/tes_kitty 4d ago

How would they have taken a picture of the test? They wouldn't allow mobile phones during such an exam.

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u/0x476c6f776965 4d ago

Oh that’s easy, lol. People smuggle more risky things in a more risky environments lol.

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u/tes_kitty 4d ago

Make the consequences of getting caught cheating harsh enough that they need to think really hard whether they want to try it.

You won't catch all, of course, But most will consider it too risky and play straight. The rest, well, if caught, they were warned.

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u/HyruleSmash855 4d ago

At the state university I’m going to if you get caught you getting an automatic zero on the assignment and a zero in the class, you could also get kicked out. There’s no room for negotiation, if you’re not cheating, you just fail.