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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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[–] clifmo@programming.dev 9 points 2 days ago (2 children)

It didn't catch students who used AI. It caught students who didn't proof read their work after AI drafted it.

[–] NotEasyBeingGreen@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Which was 32 of 35.

[–] clifmo@programming.dev 1 points 1 day ago

Uhuh, point being the other 3 might still have used AI to help them

[–] CalcProgrammer1@lemmy.today 7 points 2 days ago

At least using AI but proofreading and fixing AI's mistakes uses your human brain to some degree. If they must use AI I'd rather they be smart enough to comprehend what it puts out and do at least some critical thinking of their own.