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> As I wrote in the Times last year, I think the technological arms race against GPT (and the economic conditions that mean it's used) cannot be won with the ti

by User23 4y ago

> As I wrote in the Times last year, I think the technological arms race against GPT (and the economic conditions that mean it's used) cannot be won with the time and resources available to ordinary human teachers Based on the rest of your post, there appears to be a stronger case that your students are setting a rather low bar for GPT to stumble over. It's unfortunate that there are so many cultures where widespread cheating is condoned, if not outright encouraged. They may be able to fool their teachers, but how much comfort will that be when the bridges are collapsing, the pipelines are exploding, the wind turbines are breaking apart, and all the other activities that ultimately report to reality and not some human superior who can be bluffed become impossible to continue?

nonrandomstring 4y ago
> It's unfortunate that there are so many cultures where widespread cheating is condoned, if not outright encouraged. They may be able to fool their teachers, but how much comfort will that be when the bridges are collapsing, the pipelines are exploding, the wind turbines are breaking apart, and all the other activities that ultimately report to reality and not some human superior who can be bluffed become impossible to continue? You're so right. But let me add some other feelings, so as not to sound like a racist or that British universities are some "great white hope" to overseas students. This had little to do with them being Indian. It's a generational thing. In all cultures we teach young people to game systems. Right from the get go they learn that if they can buy powerful tools, systems and access then that's fair game. They're just doing what they've been rewarded for their whole lives and want to make a better life. To them it's not cheating. I am the anachronistic throwback here I think.
- oneoff786 4y ago
  Bullshit. Cheating is far more common in the hyper competitive cultures like India and China. That behavior would be obviously identified as cheating in most western cultures. Not that cheating isn’t a big problem in these cultures too, but not to nearly the same scale.

by User23 4y ago

nonrandomstring 4y ago

> It's unfortunate that there are so many cultures where widespread cheating is condoned, if not outright encouraged. They may be able to fool their teachers, but how much comfort will that be when the bridges are collapsing, the pipelines are exploding, the wind turbines are breaking apart, and all the other activities that ultimately report to reality and not some human superior who can be bluffed become impossible to continue? You're so right. But let me add some other feelings, so as not to sound like a racist or that British universities are some "great white hope" to overseas students. This had little to do with them being Indian. It's a generational thing. In all cultures we teach young people to game systems. Right from the get go they learn that if they can buy powerful tools, systems and access then that's fair game. They're just doing what they've been rewarded for their whole lives and want to make a better life. To them it's not cheating. I am the anachronistic throwback here I think.

oneoff786 4y ago
Bullshit. Cheating is far more common in the hyper competitive cultures like India and China. That behavior would be obviously identified as cheating in most western cultures. Not that cheating isn’t a big problem in these cultures too, but not to nearly the same scale.