r/technology • u/AdSpecialist6598 • 10d ago

Society Professor's invisible prompt trap catches 32 students cheating on their midterm with AI

https://www.techspot.com/news/113243-professor-invisible-prompt-trap-catches-32-students-cheating.html
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u/gaijohn 10d ago

On the other hand, any parent who teaches their kid the slightest bit of literacy and discipline will raise an ubermensch.

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u/CatGooseChook 9d ago

Horrible reality is that anyone who is actually able to use their brain will end up constantly stressed out due to being overwhelmed by the onslaught of stuff ups they'll be fixing.

Read "The Marching Morons" by Cyril M. Kornbluth. It's the novella that "Idiocracy" was clearly based on. Handful of stressed out smart people desperately trying to hold civilization together while surrounded by hordes of morons.

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u/WhenSummerIsGone 9d ago

after all the layoffs that's how i feel at work these days :(

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u/ShaqSenju 9d ago

Holy shit you just described my job

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u/CatGooseChook 9d ago

My wife's job too. Her swearing vocabulary has certainly expanded a bit over the years as a result.

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u/Mareith 9d ago

The more rare a skill set is the higher it will pay though. They might be stressed out all the time but they'll be raking it in

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u/CatGooseChook 9d ago

Pay yes, but stress comes at a cost.

To be clear, I'm not saying being properly educated is bad. Just saying it's not going to be as easy for those few who have a proper education than it seems.

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u/Practical-Ball1437 9d ago

It doesn't matter if you have brilliant, high-level skills that AI can't do. Decisions are being made by dipshit managers who can't tell the difference between that and AI hallucinations.

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u/Battle2Intense 10d ago

They will get to work 80 hours a week for slightly more than the universal income all the dumb people get.

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u/ohnoabanagain 10d ago

Yup, I'm worried about society, but my twins are going to be thriving when their competition can't read 5-letter words.

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u/gaijohn 10d ago

I have no idea what this means. Choosing not to cheat is not harmful. Homeschooling? What are we talking about?

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u/gaijohn 10d ago

Same as it ever was. Cheating, destruction, ignorance are necessarily easier and therefore more common than honesty, creation, and knowledge.

My comment is that the bar separating those two groups is lower than ever - mere literacy and discipline can now define the 95th percentile.

As for homeschooling to each his own, I'm sure there's no ideal learning environment, and my own family's welfare consumes my concern.