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Diraven

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29. But professors can catch them

Reply to leftyladyfrommo (Original post)

Fri Feb 23, 2024, 10:04 AM

Feb 2024

Today's AI is not truly intelligent. Basically it just mimics intelligence by copying and imitation, but from millions of sources at once so it seems original. My wife is a college professor. A good teacher can still spot AI-written stuff by eye. Also her school has tools that automatically scan written assignments and tell them the percentage probability that it was written by AI. Material that AI writes will show as 90+ percent.

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AI is scary. I know I am an old fuddy duddy but [View all] leftyladyfrommo Feb 2024 OP

The young people in college now think cheating wit AI redstatebluegirl Feb 2024 #1

Maybe professors will have to give tests and essay tests in class. jimfields33 Feb 2024 #8

lol Torchlight Feb 2024 #16

They'll have to do in-class assignments. Elessar Zappa Feb 2024 #9

It doesn't have to be all in-class essays, just enough to give a sample. Amishman Feb 2024 #33

Students have been cheating for years. redqueen Feb 2024 #2

I am lost in this brave new world. It's not leftyladyfrommo Feb 2024 #5

I am as well PatSeg Feb 2024 #41

This. surrealAmerican Feb 2024 #15

We haven't though. Nuclear war was a maybe. Climate change is well underway redqueen Feb 2024 #22

AI is the devil. Scrivener7 Feb 2024 #3

Thats what they said about the loom The Contrarian Feb 2024 #18

Yes, we will. Like frogs in a pot of boiling water adjust. Scrivener7 Feb 2024 #23

Damn right it is New Breed Leader Feb 2024 #32

People were scared of horseless carriages once . . . John Shaft Feb 2024 #4

Or academia can adapt to AI and develop other methods for evaluation Yavin4 Feb 2024 #6

While it's possible academia might adapt, that will take time, and many years of students... Silent3 Feb 2024 #13

The exact same thing was said about calculators Yavin4 Feb 2024 #21

Went to military technical school 1973. Learned the slipstick. Calculators were just coming out. keithbvadu2 Feb 2024 #35

This problem is sort of self-correcting Shermann Feb 2024 #7

It's those rotary phones that scare me. SnarkSavant Feb 2024 #10

The chat-bots are so vastly better (when not hallucinating) than the totally enshitified google Voltaire2 Feb 2024 #11

In-class exams Mossfern Feb 2024 #12

I hear ya... WarGamer Feb 2024 #14

Is that what Bill Gates meant by personal leftyladyfrommo Feb 2024 #19

Pretty much!! WarGamer Feb 2024 #20

"I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that." Scrivener7 Feb 2024 #25

I think it's just another step forward. Torchlight Feb 2024 #17

great take. edisdead Feb 2024 #30

Just wait until AI actually exists Johnny2X2X Feb 2024 #24

Well said. edisdead Feb 2024 #27

It is impressive Johnny2X2X Feb 2024 #28

Wait kids are cheating on papers? edisdead Feb 2024 #26

But professors can catch them Diraven Feb 2024 #29

That's interesting. Thank you leftyladyfrommo Feb 2024 #40

I'm with you, I don't like AI either New Breed Leader Feb 2024 #31

This XanaDUer2 Feb 2024 #37

That's what I'm afraid of, too. There's always leftyladyfrommo Feb 2024 #39

"They cant tell" Mountainguy Feb 2024 #34

Let's ask that guy. keithbvadu2 Feb 2024 #36

Those are great. Thank you leftyladyfrommo Feb 2024 #38

thanks for these. There was another really good one. New Breed Leader Feb 2024 #42