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[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (12 children)

TLDR: Most of her students have delegated doing their homework to ChatGPT.

Well I agree with her: fuck that. She makes a good point that writing is not some busywork consisting of transcribing thoughts, it is thinking. I can certainly understand the frustration of correcting LLM slop for days. If the student can’t be bothered to write it, why would the teacher be bothered with correcting it? Just ask ChatGPT to correct "your" homework and put "AI Prompter" in your resume. Apparently it pays really well.

…OK I’m not being nice, I’ll step back a little. Article touches on an interesting concept:

Using ChatGPT to complete assignments is like bringing a forklift into the weight room

Why are students bringing the forklift into the weight room though? Is it because they don’t give a shit? Or are the stakes too high and they don’t trust their own abilities? Do they have the time to even try between their work shifts?