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Professor's invisible prompt trap catches 32 students cheating on their midterm with AI (www.techspot.com)
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In an online discussion post, Alcorn State University history professor Dr. Jason Gibson posed a question that represented part of his students' midterm. It was about the...

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[–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 2 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Why go to school if you’re just going to use AI? What are you paying for?

You could also ask what good is a school that only teaches you things that can be reliably answered by AI.

Or, if you prefer, why is the school curriculum defining and evaluating progress in a way that can be passed by an AI.

IMHO it shows that certain subjects rely way too much on rote memorization and loose cognitive associations and should maybe take this moment to rethink their approach.