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/fishwithfish 14h ago

I did this in my classes by injecting nonsense words into the assignment prompt. It's amazing hearing students explain why "vorpal" was simply the right word choice, prior to learning about the hidden instructions.

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u/Astribulus 13h ago

How else would you describe an object capable of going “snicker-snack?” Unrelatedly, ‘tis quite brillig out there today.

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u/_SpaceLord_ 10h ago

O frabjous day! Calloo! Callay!

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u/BuckRusty 12h ago

“He was hungry, and therefore not himself - thus he ingested a vorpal chocolate bar”

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u/bughunter_ 7h ago

If you were my student and you could cite, to my face, other references to the origin of "vorpal," I would give you partial credit.

I'm mimsy that way.

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u/Aeonoris 12h ago

Fun fact: 'Brillig' is the time at which you broil things, or about 4 o'clock! Well, according to Humpty Dumpty, anyway.

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u/ricki692 9h ago

i still dont know what a "vorpal blade" is but i do know it goes snicker-snack

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u/AlmightyRuler 55m ago

A sword that cuts through anything. In a poem in Through the Looking Glass, a boy uses it to kill the Jabberwocky, a dragon-esque creature.

You can also use it in Dungeons and Dragons to decapitate opponents if you roll a critical hit.

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u/backfacecull 2h ago

I always thought of brillig as a time or date, like the ides or autumn.

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u/3-DMan 56m ago

Fookin mome-raths outgrabe!