Interesting Links for 10-07-2026

[andrewducker]

1. Suspecting AI cheating, Ivy League prof ordered an in-person final; scores fell 50%

(tags:Education ai cheating )

2. What To Know About The Live-Action 'Moana'

(tags:Disney funny )

3. Why American ambulance rides are so expensive

(tags:USA economics business healthcare transport )

Comments

[bens_dad]

1. If a "take home" exam is the modern equivalent of an "open book" exam, I am not sure that I would call using AI "cheating". An "open book" exam is not intended to test your memory, but your ability to apply the information at your fingertips.

Yes, there is a meaningful difference between using an AI and a "traditional" search engine, but today how sure can you be that you are using a "traditional" search engine ?

How often is/was working under in-person exam conditions a good approximation to office working conditions ?
If an open book exam was a more realistic approximation to a working environment thirty years ago, is the option of using an AI not more a realistic approximation to today's working environment ?

I think you can blame the world today, or the Prof for choosing a "take home" exam and then setting something that doesn't distinguish (discriminate ?) between the students, but without seeing the actual rules I am reluctant to say that they "cheated".

[andrewducker]

Going back and looking at the original article, it was not open book:

"This year, the economist decided that both the midterm and the final exams for his course would be of the take-home, closed-book type (there is a certain tradition of this at Ivy League schools). “It’s a very nice kind of exam, because as you’re giving students practically unlimited time to complete it, it lets you make it harder than normal, to see how far they can go.”