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LAS14

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5. Clever prof! nt

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sun Jun 28, 2026, 02:27 PM

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Professor denounces mass AI fraud on an exam at Brown University: 'Academic integrity is at risk' [View all] highplainsdem Jun 28 OP

Most enlightening information, thank you for bringing it here for us Attilatheblond Jun 28 #1

Who needs higher education when you can fake your way through life. nt ImNotGod Jun 28 #2

As expressed by a member of... 2naSalit Jun 28 #9

To someone.... SergeStorms Jun 28 #23

There is a reason med schools don't allow take-home exams dalton99a Jun 28 #3

I want to know which AI tool they were using RandomNumbers Jun 28 #4

Those AI models you mentioned were all illegally trained on stolen intellectual property. I'm sorry highplainsdem Jun 28 #10

Not necessarily in the case of how I use it for work. RandomNumbers Jun 28 #13

Cory Doctorow teaches us what AI can and cannot use, and why most of what AI uses is not stealing intellectual property. ancianita Jun 28 #31

I like Cory and often agree with him, and he'd sometimes repost my comments when I was still highplainsdem Jun 28 #34

And btw, Cory isn't in agreement with most creators of intellectual property on copyright: highplainsdem Jun 28 #35

probably cuz it's a narrow subject. mopinko Jun 28 #12

Narrow subjects aren't necessarily immune to the problem. cab67 Jun 28 #22

Clever prof! nt LAS14 Jun 28 #5

universities will take the money, thus prostituting their values by bending over for trump msongs Jun 28 #6

It's not necessarily a matter of politics. cab67 Jun 28 #25

And yet, certain DUers think this is just fine and we're yelling at clouds. Coventina Jun 28 #7

Certain DUers think using AI to cheat on exams if "just fine". Disaffected Jun 28 #15

thread from a few days ago Coventina Jun 28 #16

OK, I skimmed that thread and didn't see any posts Disaffected Jun 28 #18

I'm not going to call out specific people, as that is against DU TOS. Coventina Jun 28 #19

Sorry but I cannot draw inferences that are not there. Disaffected Jun 28 #20

Are you seriously making a case that coming into a thread about AI threats to Coventina Jun 28 #28

That's some serious goalpost moving there. Disaffected Jun 28 #29

This is sad and worrying. yardwork Jun 28 #8

it's a brilliant solution imho. mopinko Jun 28 #11

Yes Kaleva Jun 28 #14

I remember the dreaded individual oral exams administered by no-nonsense Jesuits at the end of each semester, sop Jun 28 #33

But they can't write cursive! Mossfern Jun 28 #38

Take home, closed book exams?? Disaffected Jun 28 #17

It's right on my syllabus. cab67 Jun 28 #21

This gets a bit murky but, Disaffected Jun 28 #27

wary. cab67 Jun 28 #30

Interesting and well put. Disaffected Jun 28 #36

If only.... SergeStorms Jun 28 #24

Just based on my reading history, El Pais is another fantastic non-US M$M outlet erronis Jun 28 #26

The only way to deal with this Matthew28 Jun 28 #32

I find it fascinating... kentuck Jun 28 #37

Older but wiser Mossfern Jun 28 #39

I think that the younger generations anciano Jun 28 #40

This is a problem. cab67 Jun 28 #41

See reply 42. highplainsdem Jun 28 #43

I guess you've missed the news stories about polls showing younger users have a lower opinion of AI highplainsdem Jun 28 #42

I think the appropriate and responsible use of AI anciano Jun 28 #44

Generative AI tools are unethical because they're illegally trained on stolen intellectual property. highplainsdem Jun 28 #45