I'm in a masters business analytics program have had professors encourage using it on homework. One of them ironically works (worked?) for the VA. If everyone can just use AI, then real experts aren't needed, amiright?
Yes,
People with MBAs are keen on being inauthentic. Not surprised in the least. I hope the degree serves you well in whatever direction your going, in spite of the moral vacuum of its faculty
The most valuable knowledge I've gained from the program is how much I hate data mining and to protect my data as much as possible. I hate AI and feel like it will be the downfall of technology.
I recall my college teacher having fun showing how they spot it to the class: no spelling mistake ever, and the writing style not matching the other paper the students did before.
But the best is during oral presentations where they turn into punchline machingun before giving them their 0/20
I'm teaching myself python and in a few days I went from "what is the syntax again?" to typing out statements from memory. I'm by no means an expert but I've gotten a small skunkwork project going
(Honestly, this was how my degree worked anyway - the exam was most of your grade, the assignments were just graded to make sure you'd do them. You could copy the answers, sure, that would be your problem come test time)
For clarity, I use AI to learn new things. It's like having a really engaged tutor who can answer a lot of questions. But copying and pasting the question and waiting for an answer is just plain wrong. I hope he gets asked follow-up questions, like, "What other ways could you have done this?"
We hire software engineers, and they can even use AI in interviews if they want, but they still must prove they fully understand any generated code, different approaches, etc..
If that post is real, the bf is wasting his tuition.
It's a shame; you *can* use ChatGPT to learn faster.
Technology is meant to assist - not do the work for you. At some point, it will become painfully obvious to a professor or an employer. In some disciplines there are telltale signs AI has been used. The problem has been verifying it, which is why "show your work" is such a classic!
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People with MBAs are keen on being inauthentic. Not surprised in the least. I hope the degree serves you well in whatever direction your going, in spite of the moral vacuum of its faculty
People who have graded a lot of papers have a normative database of styles and mistakes in their head that LLMs just don't reproduce.
But the best is during oral presentations where they turn into punchline machingun before giving them their 0/20
Looking at my own market value however... :D
Trust me, he already wasn't reading his textbooks.
My point is that bad study habits didn't suddenly appear because of genAI, no more than teenage sex suddenly appeared because of the automobile.
TYPE AND LEARN.
Don't copy/paste a line.
I'm teaching myself python and in a few days I went from "what is the syntax again?" to typing out statements from memory. I'm by no means an expert but I've gotten a small skunkwork project going
Also if you want to learn comp.sci ... solve problems. 100s of them. Start small, don't worry if "other people already solved this" do it anyways.
LLMs are fine just use them correctly. NO COPY PASTE!!!!
(Honestly, this was how my degree worked anyway - the exam was most of your grade, the assignments were just graded to make sure you'd do them. You could copy the answers, sure, that would be your problem come test time)
If that post is real, the bf is wasting his tuition.
It's a shame; you *can* use ChatGPT to learn faster.