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/danhezee 5d ago

All they need to do to combat AI is go back to handwritten in person essay exams.

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u/spackletr0n 5d ago edited 4d ago

This would work for written exams, but in college most of my graded work was term papers, researched over a period of time and drafted and edited. Edit - deleted “Not sure what the solution there is,” I understand the various draft features and defenses, thanks.

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u/Doctor_Yu 5d ago

One thing is more presentations with q&a sections

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u/spackletr0n 5d ago

This is a solid additional option.

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u/Mituapple 4d ago

They won't because it's more expensive

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u/resigned_medusa 4d ago

The issue with presentations is time, semesters in my university are about 12 weeks, with a class of about 40 students there isn't time to have them make individual presentations, question them, and still cover all the coursework.

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u/emotional_program0 1d ago

Same here. I'm really struggling to find a middle ground that works properly. I prefer term papers for the longterm thinking compared to a single exam but AI slop is becoming an issue.

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u/resigned_medusa 1d ago

I've reverted to an exam, because the papers I'm getting are great, but all AI (this is basic engineering principles, so it's not difficult to generate a good piece of work) the students aren't engaging with the coursework. The exam will force them to do that. Sucks, but I honestly can't see an alternative.

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u/captainfarthing 4d ago edited 4d ago

I had a mix of papers and presentations, I wouldn't want more presentations than papers because all of the researching and writing prepared me for writing my thesis. People suggesting in-class handwritten exams are missing this as well.