r/technology • u/AdSpecialist6598 • Jul 27 '26

Society Professor's invisible prompt trap catches 32 students cheating on their midterm with AI

https://www.techspot.com/news/113243-professor-invisible-prompt-trap-catches-32-students-cheating.html
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u/redthrull Jul 27 '26

What makes you think they actually care whether the students learn anything or not? It's all about the money at this point. Students pay, they receive a diploma. The End.

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u/nathanzoet91 Jul 27 '26

But if it is pointed out that graduates from said college know barely anything, employers will be less likely to hire people who graduated from said school. This in turn leads to less enrollment in said school, which leads to less money for the school. It works, just needs the social /collective shame treatment.

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u/Hydrodynamic_Spatula Jul 27 '26

It's only a problem for a school if one school does it. If all or most schools do it, then it's the new normal. And the few schools that do have quality graduates can inflate their tuition. Same as what corporations do. It's a race to the bottom chasing profits

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u/nathanzoet91 Jul 27 '26

Correct. Like you said, it's a race to the bottom. So, do institutions want to get more money or less? If employers start finding that candidates they hire from everywhere are not ready for the job, on-the-job training will become the new norm again. Bottom line is people need to know how to do their job, and the people that do their job correctly will be compensated better. Better understanding = better pay = better profit. Nothing has changed, just the variables are now being affected. Want to make good money? Learn how to do your job well.