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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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[–] x00z@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Regardless of what history is being taught, people like you often forget that the goal is to also help you develop your brain.

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[–] username_1@discuss.tchncs.de -4 points 3 months ago (3 children)

There are many other actually useful studies for that. Math excels in that.

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[+] badgermurphy@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago (1 child)

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[–] nickiwest@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

And people not paying attention in philosophy class is why most of the world is ignoring the far-reaching ethical implications of the LLM boom until their own electricity and water disappear.

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[–] x00z@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

Math doesn't really train your memory as much as learning history does.

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[–] username_1@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 3 months ago

Oh, that's nitpicking. Study chemistry or biology. Those have much things to memorize where logic wouldn't help you much.