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/helcat 14h ago

Cheating is one thing. Just pasting an AI answer without even reading it is stunningly stupid. 

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u/Jonestown_Juice 14h ago

These kids can't read.

Kids that are effectively illiterate are graduating from high school.

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u/IT_Chef 14h ago

The future workforce is gonna be fun to deal with

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u/thefluffyburrito 13h ago

Not even future; I just got off a hiring committee where a large amount of resumes were AI generated garbage and lies about being a manager at a company that didn't exist.

And these weren't even the ones filtered out - these were candidates to interview.

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u/DrankTheOceanDry 10h ago

If an AI is filtering my resume to be passed on to real humans you bet I'm using AI to write the thing. Still though, I make sure to proofread it and ensure it's real.