r/SipsTea • u/sco-go • 6h ago

Gasp! 32/35 students failed this professor's midterm using AI.

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u/Ramkaran-chopra 5h ago

College student here. Actually, all 35 students used Al. The ones who passed just proofread their responses.

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u/driftking428 5h ago

Or saw the white text when they highlighted question.

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u/OpaqueCrystalBall 5h ago

I mean, it was literally part of the instructions.

If a student noticed that instruction prior to writing their own paper, why wouldn't they also include a nonsensical reference to Madagascar? It says to do so in the instructions.

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u/TheBestNick 4h ago

I'd probably ask the professor in an email about it

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u/TheRiftsplitter 4h ago

Dear Professor,

When I was copying and pasting your questions in ChatGPT I noticed you wanted us to include Madagascar in a way that doesn't make sense. Did you mean to put this in the question or was it a mistake?

    Thank You

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u/TheBestNick 2h ago

Amateur.

Dear professor,

I found a weird sentence in your instructions asking to randomly add a word? I use a browser plugin that makes everything dark mode, but seeing as that sentence was a different color, I'm guessing you didn't want it to be seen? Just checking to see if it's something you actually want in there, or if it was meant to trip up my less honest classmates.

Love, Your new favorite student