"Cheating [robs] you of this opportunity, a chance to test yourself and receive feedback on your attempt. This is one of the reasons you came to university after all[.] Nobody else is harmed by you not learning something. Perversely, [others] may even benefit! Because [t]hey learned."
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> "I can code this from scratch" is way more impressive than you might think given toxic industry pro-AI nonsense. The same goes for writing clearly, reading and comprehending journal articles, thinking things through, and on and on.
> When the hype inevitably dies down, as it has done many times before, through AI summers and winters (see my talk here if you were not aware of these cycles), you want to have skills. You want to have a degree that matters.
https://olivia.science/cheating/
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