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Nobody_Special@Nobody_Special@piefed.social

Professor's invisible prompt trap catches 32 students cheating on their midterm with AI

In an online discussion post, Alcorn State University history professor Dr. Jason Gibson posed a question that represented part of his students’ midterm. It was about the…

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TechSpotProfessor's invisible prompt trap catches 32 students cheating on their midterm with AIIn an online discussion post, Alcorn State University history professor Dr. Jason Gibson posed a question that represented part of his students' midterm. It was about the...
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Replying to @⁨Nobody_Special@piefed.social⁩

Oh no, that is super fucking lazy (I’m not even sure the word for it is lazy…), they are literally copying the assignment statement into an LLM, pasting the answer without reviewing it (not even the slightest curiosity about what was written?) and they’re done?

Edited ⁨⁨Jul⁩ ⁨28⁩, ⁨2026⁩, ⁨14:56⁩⁩en