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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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[-] zephyreks@lemmy.ca -2 points 1 year ago

On the other hand, what if the problem is simply one that's no longer important for most people? Isn't technological advancement supposed to introduce abstraction that people can develop on?

[-] average650@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

The point is the students can't get to the higher level concepts if they're just regurgitating from what chatgpt says.

[-] MBM@lemmings.world 1 points 1 year ago

If you never learn how to do the basics without ChatGPT, it's a big jump to figure out the advanced topics where ChatGPT no longer helps you

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