Back in my day, you could also just Google the problems and find the solutions. What mitigated cheating at UVA was the honor code and each professor's faith and trust in our integrity. That culture was enough to not cheat.
Imo, the fix should be to work on culture. Cheating should always be a tempting choice, so that the student may challenge their integrity, which is a muscle that can atrophy.
One aspect that still bothers me is that you claim the just-say-no-engineer "was a critical role during ZIRP." I might be in the minority here, but I don't hold that same stance. I wonder if I am alone in that?
Ever read a quantum circuit? It's all so foreign, so let me introduce to you a simple one (no speedup) called rank-select, described through an interactive story.
LLMs fall victim to "garbage in, garbage out." Claude can solve open problems if you know what you're doing, but it can also incorrectly convince you it's right if you don't know what you're doing.
A PhD teaches you how to think, how to learn, and how to question the world. That's a vital set of skills no matter what tool exists.
Rousseau said "mathematical precision has no place in moral calculations," so I was tempted to see how far I could go. Started it during the holidays, but finally came around to putting a bow on it :)
I understand the intension and reference you're making. I bet the implementation of GPT-4 is probably something along those lines. However, spreading speculation in definitive language like that when the truth is unknown is dishonest, wouldn't you agree?
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Back in my day, you could also just Google the problems and find the solutions. What mitigated cheating at UVA was the honor code and each professor's faith and trust in our integrity. That culture was enough to not cheat.
Imo, the fix should be to work on culture. Cheating should always be a tempting choice, so that the student may challenge their integrity, which is a muscle that can atrophy.