▲ 609 ▼ Professor's invisible prompt trap catches 32 students cheating on their midterm with AI (www.techspot.com) submitted 3 months ago by Nobody_Special@piefed.social to c/technology@lemmy.world 179 comments fedilink hide all child comments 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...
[+] GoatSynagogue@lemmy.world 51 points 3 months ago* (11 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 11 child comments replies: [–] J92@lemmy.world 27 points 3 months ago Its complacency, which is the worst thing to be engendering in the next generation. Get them to the point that they don't know how to study or struggle, and you have a whole generation relying on your shitty LLM, and the dumber you are the less you know what you don't know until it's telling you what plants crave, sponsored by brawndo permalink fedilink source parent [–] 87Six@lemmy.zip 21 points 3 months ago (9 children) Well, it's always the stupid ones, that's why stuff like this is effective. You will never catch a good student cheating with that method permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 9 child comments replies: [–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 5 points 3 months ago (5 children) Some people are too smart to fall for it, and dumb people know they're dumb, so they don't try, because they know they'll get caught. You need those special ones who are too dumb to actually learn, but still think they are smart enough to outsmart a system that is beyond the comprehension of their puny minds. In other words, MAGAs. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) Sounds like middle management, too. Wanting to take credit for the work of others. permalink fedilink source parent [–] 7101334@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago* You need those special ones who are too dumb to actually learn, but still think they are smart enough to outsmart a system that is beyond the comprehension of their puny minds. In other words, MAGAs. Yes, MAGA would definitely fit the 'fell for it again' award, as would Democrats still trying to reform a party that openly rigged the primaries against left-wing populism - or really just centrist populism in global terms. (Not familiar with this source, sorry if it sucks but it includes the relevant direct quotes.) permalink fedilink source parent [+] GoatSynagogue@lemmy.world -1 points 3 months ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 1 point 3 months ago (1 child) Everything has to do with politics right now, including ANYTHING to do with AI, and you obviously lack the intellectual foundation to understand that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply) [–] douglasg14b@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (2 children) 32/35 students here did this. That's a hell of a lot more than just "the bad ones" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] calcopiritus@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago Checks out with my experience in university. I had like 3-4 classmates in software engineering that could program a simple program that ran. And this was before LLMs. You don't even need to cheat to pass while being absolutely incompetent. Of course, some people also cheated. permalink fedilink source parent [–] 87Six@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 months ago If they did it they're "the bad ones" To me it's no surprise that the majority of people are stupid permalink fedilink source parent
[–] J92@lemmy.world 27 points 3 months ago Its complacency, which is the worst thing to be engendering in the next generation. Get them to the point that they don't know how to study or struggle, and you have a whole generation relying on your shitty LLM, and the dumber you are the less you know what you don't know until it's telling you what plants crave, sponsored by brawndo permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 87Six@lemmy.zip 21 points 3 months ago (9 children) Well, it's always the stupid ones, that's why stuff like this is effective. You will never catch a good student cheating with that method permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 9 child comments replies: [–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 5 points 3 months ago (5 children) Some people are too smart to fall for it, and dumb people know they're dumb, so they don't try, because they know they'll get caught. You need those special ones who are too dumb to actually learn, but still think they are smart enough to outsmart a system that is beyond the comprehension of their puny minds. In other words, MAGAs. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) Sounds like middle management, too. Wanting to take credit for the work of others. permalink fedilink source parent [–] 7101334@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago* You need those special ones who are too dumb to actually learn, but still think they are smart enough to outsmart a system that is beyond the comprehension of their puny minds. In other words, MAGAs. Yes, MAGA would definitely fit the 'fell for it again' award, as would Democrats still trying to reform a party that openly rigged the primaries against left-wing populism - or really just centrist populism in global terms. (Not familiar with this source, sorry if it sucks but it includes the relevant direct quotes.) permalink fedilink source parent [+] GoatSynagogue@lemmy.world -1 points 3 months ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 1 point 3 months ago (1 child) Everything has to do with politics right now, including ANYTHING to do with AI, and you obviously lack the intellectual foundation to understand that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply) [–] douglasg14b@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (2 children) 32/35 students here did this. That's a hell of a lot more than just "the bad ones" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] calcopiritus@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago Checks out with my experience in university. I had like 3-4 classmates in software engineering that could program a simple program that ran. And this was before LLMs. You don't even need to cheat to pass while being absolutely incompetent. Of course, some people also cheated. permalink fedilink source parent [–] 87Six@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 months ago If they did it they're "the bad ones" To me it's no surprise that the majority of people are stupid permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 5 points 3 months ago (5 children) Some people are too smart to fall for it, and dumb people know they're dumb, so they don't try, because they know they'll get caught. You need those special ones who are too dumb to actually learn, but still think they are smart enough to outsmart a system that is beyond the comprehension of their puny minds. In other words, MAGAs. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) Sounds like middle management, too. Wanting to take credit for the work of others. permalink fedilink source parent [–] 7101334@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago* You need those special ones who are too dumb to actually learn, but still think they are smart enough to outsmart a system that is beyond the comprehension of their puny minds. In other words, MAGAs. Yes, MAGA would definitely fit the 'fell for it again' award, as would Democrats still trying to reform a party that openly rigged the primaries against left-wing populism - or really just centrist populism in global terms. (Not familiar with this source, sorry if it sucks but it includes the relevant direct quotes.) permalink fedilink source parent [+] GoatSynagogue@lemmy.world -1 points 3 months ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 1 point 3 months ago (1 child) Everything has to do with politics right now, including ANYTHING to do with AI, and you obviously lack the intellectual foundation to understand that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply)
[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) Sounds like middle management, too. Wanting to take credit for the work of others. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 7101334@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago* You need those special ones who are too dumb to actually learn, but still think they are smart enough to outsmart a system that is beyond the comprehension of their puny minds. In other words, MAGAs. Yes, MAGA would definitely fit the 'fell for it again' award, as would Democrats still trying to reform a party that openly rigged the primaries against left-wing populism - or really just centrist populism in global terms. (Not familiar with this source, sorry if it sucks but it includes the relevant direct quotes.) permalink fedilink source parent
[+] GoatSynagogue@lemmy.world -1 points 3 months ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 1 point 3 months ago (1 child) Everything has to do with politics right now, including ANYTHING to do with AI, and you obviously lack the intellectual foundation to understand that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply)
[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 1 point 3 months ago (1 child) Everything has to do with politics right now, including ANYTHING to do with AI, and you obviously lack the intellectual foundation to understand that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply)
[–] douglasg14b@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (2 children) 32/35 students here did this. That's a hell of a lot more than just "the bad ones" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] calcopiritus@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago Checks out with my experience in university. I had like 3-4 classmates in software engineering that could program a simple program that ran. And this was before LLMs. You don't even need to cheat to pass while being absolutely incompetent. Of course, some people also cheated. permalink fedilink source parent [–] 87Six@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 months ago If they did it they're "the bad ones" To me it's no surprise that the majority of people are stupid permalink fedilink source parent
[–] calcopiritus@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago Checks out with my experience in university. I had like 3-4 classmates in software engineering that could program a simple program that ran. And this was before LLMs. You don't even need to cheat to pass while being absolutely incompetent. Of course, some people also cheated. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 87Six@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 months ago If they did it they're "the bad ones" To me it's no surprise that the majority of people are stupid permalink fedilink source parent