‘But there is a difference between recognising AI use and proving its use. So I tried an experiment. … I received 122 paper submissions. Of those, the Trojan horse easily identified 33 AI-generated papers. I sent these stats to all the students and gave them the opportunity to admit to using AI before they were locked into failing the class. Another 14 outed themselves. In other words, nearly 39% of the submissions were at least partially written by AI.‘

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      • RyanDownyJr@lemmy.world
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        This. While I do agree that college is largely you proving to others you can learn a lot of something(s) and commit to something(s) in the long run, college can just be a purchased vessel to some.

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      That’s akin to getting a driver’s license to prove you can drive - but not sitting behind the wheel a single time, and paying someone else to do your test.

      No skills learned, nothing gained beyond a piece of paper.

      Students might think they’re being slick by pushing all the work to AI during their degree, but their new boss in the real world will quickly recognize that they do not have the skills they should have according to their certification and say bye-bye during their probation period.

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        driver license actually has a use, its a requirement to drive. its more akin to have certification for different professions, rather than the degree.

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      There’s no competency to recognize if you’re using AI instead of processing the material yourself. Only a scam that swings both ways.