In an online discussion post, Alcorn State University history professor Dr. Jason Gibson posed a question that represented part of his students’ midterm. It was about the…

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    3 days ago

    I don’t know that the article was all that badly written, but you missed a couple of points that I’d call essential:

    One, it was 32 students out of 35 total who used AI and then didn’t even bother to check it, so only 3 students even made an honest attempt in the entire semester.

    Two, the professor told the students that they were allowed to contest the grade if they wanted, and only 2 out of the 32 students even tried to contest it.

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      2 days ago

      Also later in the article it mentions another professor who estimated that only 2 of their 86 students didn’t use AI to cheat.

      Like, what are we even doing any more?

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      I don’t know that the article was all that badly written

      Really? I thought it read like a Facebook post.

      Regarding specific numbers, I guess they add context to severity, but as far as the headline and snippet of the OP my short snippet answers the bullshit clickbait, which was my intention.

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        I thought it read like a clickbait article that just quoted verbatim from the social media posts. But I didn’t watch the videos, so I don’t know how much the article writer left out or added to the story.