@omooretweets: Hot take - the student with the biggest performance delta is doing things right Most of my time as an Econ major was sp…
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A Brown University professor observed that most students likely cheated on a take-home exam using AI, as evidenced by score differences when the final was held in-person. The story highlights ongoing debates about AI and academic integrity.
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Hot take - the student with the biggest performance delta is doing things right 👀
Most of my time as an Econ major was spent memorizing things I never use or could easily look up
This is a good opportunity to reinvent curricula around building valuable skills
Paul Graham (@paulg): A Brown professor gave his students a take-home midterm exam. After suspecting many cheated using AI, he made the final in-person. The orange dots are the midterm scores and the gray dots are the final scores. Looks like all but 3 cheated on the midterm.
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