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I'm sorry but I'm frustrated by the blatant misuse of AI by my students and colleagues alike. It's so obvious when they don't understand what they've written.

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[–] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

tbh if this causes the whole school system to be re-evaluated I'll be happy, school was so utterly streamlined and boring it felt more like a daycare than a genuine place to learn and improve

Cheating found to be rife in British schools and universities

This article is more than 10 years old

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/jun/15/cheating-rife-in-uk-education-system-dispatches-investigation-shows

Chinese students and their parents fight for the right to cheat

Not cheating, they said, would put them at a disadvantage in a country where student cheating has become standard practice.

https://qz.com/96793/chinese-students-and-their-parents-fight-for-the-right-to-cheat

And it wouldn't surprise me if it was literally everywhere, the push for schooling isn't to learn, it's to pass a test, so the incentive isn't to learn, it's to pass the test anyway you can

Maybe there is a lot more interaction in the future between students and teachers, you can have an assignment, study X, upload it on the web portal, and then maybe the next day there will be a 1 on 1 review where the student has to explain parts of it to ensure they understand what they're doing

With AI I'm spending more of my time reading code than writing these days and I like to understand what I'm reading

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 2 points 15 hours ago

You're getting into a problem with education where there is value in providing ordeals for students to pass, but the cost of grading is significant and something schools are trying to reduce.

How do you create a system that verifies that the test taker knows the material?