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It is reasonably trivial to weed out whether students are producing their own work, or are cheating using LLMs. Have the students produce their work in the cla
by quadrifoliate 3y ago
It is reasonably trivial to weed out whether students are producing their own work, or are cheating using LLMs.
Have the students produce their work in the classroom under examination-style conditions, with no electronic devices allowed in a classroom. Pens / pencils are allowed. Paper books can be allowed. No electronics. Let's see you write out that insightful essay about social hierarchy in Romeo and Juliet in longhand. Calculate the roots of that quadratic equation using pencil and paper, please. Explain the links between the Treaty of Versailles and World War II using what you learned in class, and a (paper) textbook for reference if you must.
We have literally been doing this for hundreds of years. We were doing it when I was at school ~20 years ago. Any kid caught using a calculator in the classroom was told to put it away one time, or the teacher would confiscate it. Obviously, no laptops. The teachers used a blackboard and chalk; and the occasional slide projector.
I don't completely understand why people act as if it's impossible to teach properly now that we have LLMs; but perhaps a general over-reliance on laptops and electronic devices in the classroom is the reason. As it is, kids (and adults) have a huge problem with screen time, so it would serve us well to get away from it.
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- euroderf 3y agoI see a general model here. In "learning mode" (information injection & assimilation) you can "gear up" all you want. In "testing mode" (info retrieval and presentation) you're on your own.