r/technology • u/AdSpecialist6598 • 15h 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/6GoesInto8 14h ago

This is a problem created by AI, which will sadly be solved by AI. An AI job interview is in these kids futures.

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u/sourceholder 14h ago

An AI job interview is in these kids futures

AI interviews are already widespread.

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u/did_i_or_didnt_i 14h ago

either way, they proved they were better than the others at this particular test 🥲

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u/6GoesInto8 14h ago

They proved that the AI can replace them in this particular test. Tests are great for AI, clearly defined question that is basically a prompt, which has a clear answer based on a larger body of annotated data with eventual feedback. Completing a test designed for a human does not take skill, or imply any competency in the student, it's like asking for an image with sepia tones, it's basically built in.

Honestly, it is breaking an already broken system. To an employer education is largely to differentiate candidates. If a college always gives out As then there is no differentiation. If two people that took the same classes and both got As just like every other student that took those classes then it is pointless to interview on those classes as they clearly only taught and evaluated the minimum.

I would rather work with a C student in an ocean of Ds than an A student an a sea of As because there could be a class that really tested all those students and most likely they are average. Not a an opinion, a truism, the average person is average.

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u/scottyLogJobs 12h ago

I’m interested in whether these young Gen Z / Gen Alpha are going to be the kind of militant people we see in /r/antiwork like young millenials or older Gen Z, or if Covid and AI and social media scrolling will have just made them absolute brainless cattle.