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College professors are going back to paper exams and handwritten essays to fight students using ChatGPT::The growing number of students using the AI program ChatGPT as a shortcut in their coursework has led some college professors to reconsider their lesson plans for the upcoming fall semester.

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[-] Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org 48 points 1 year ago

Am I wrong in thinking student can still generate an essay and then copy it by hand?

[-] CrimsonFlash@lemmy.ca 56 points 1 year ago

Not during class. Most likely a proctored exam. No laptops, no phones, teacher or proctor watching.

[-] Syrc@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

…then why can’t you do that with a school laptop that can’t access the web…?

[-] Neve8028@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Because laptops cost money lol

[-] Syrc@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

And so do colleges. If they don’t want to invest $2000 every 5/6 years for a hundred dumpster windows 95 PCs it shouldn’t be the paying student to suffer.

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