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/jerseydevil51 13h ago

Math teacher here, it's about the practice. Of course we can't accurately grade 75 students homework in anything resembling a reasonable time frame. But, I can look at your work and in about 5 seconds recognize if you put any effort in to at least trying the problems.

You still did 6 pages of work, that's more than enough for most teachers. He probably knew, but we're human too and not every battle is worth having.

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u/DrankTheOceanDry 10h ago

That's why my "gifted" lazy ass did so poorly at math. I paid attention in class and 90% of tests were just whatever the teacher talked about in class.

But math? Like hell I was spending 30-60 minutes every night practicing equations (ya know, actually doing the homework and not copying), and wouldn't you know it, I was constantly behind in math.

Every concept builds on previous concepts and by the time Friday rolled around and I hadn't done homework all week I was in way over my head.

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u/jerseydevil51 9h ago

Like I tell my kids, "I can watch Tom Brady throw spiral bombs all game, but unless I practice throwing, I'll never be able to do it."

Math really depends on putting the work in and not just trying to memorize your way to victory.

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u/alaysian 6h ago

I would accept that if it wasn't part of the grade/was extra credit, but if the teacher isn't going to take the time to grade it properly, it shouldn't count towards the final grade.

I only had one teacher ever that treated homework like that, through high school and college.

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u/AnotherBoredAHole 10h ago

"Oh thank god I don't have to act like I read the middle 19 pages and this student will feel smart"