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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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[–] 39 points 3 months ago (3 children)

I don't know that the article was all that badly written, but you missed a couple of points that I'd call essential:

One, it was 32 students out of 35 total who used AI and then didn't even bother to check it, so only 3 students even made an honest attempt in the entire semester.

Two, the professor told the students that they were allowed to contest the grade if they wanted, and only 2 out of the 32 students even tried to contest it.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    I don't know that the article was all that badly written

    Really? I thought it read like a Facebook post.

    Regarding specific numbers, I guess they add context to severity, but as far as the headline and snippet of the OP my short snippet answers the bullshit clickbait, which was my intention.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    I thought it read like a clickbait article that just quoted verbatim from the social media posts. But I didn't watch the videos, so I don't know how much the article writer left out or added to the story.

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