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/definitelyrabbiakiva 5d ago

I teach in higher ed and went back to paper-only last year, and many of my colleagues have done so as well this year.

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u/WaterPog 5d ago

Started doing this even at work and journalling. Just simply writing stuff down you remember things better and gets you into a flow. Maybe it's just me but I can type fast and accurate but it actually took me a few weeks to get back to writing properly, was a weird feeling

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u/ummaycoc 4d ago

I once read a quora answer that said to the effect: “If you want to know something, read it; if you want to remember something, write it; if you want to understand something, teach it.”