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To: Billie Bud; All
It’s not a writing tool or assistant. It is a cheat program no matter how it’s labeled or marketed.

I disagree. I’ve written code for over 40 years. I’ve never had a tool or class that taught me so much (regarding coding) in so short a time. My daughter failed a certification test. I pasted her scores for each module into AI and had it develop a 25 question study guide on each module, weakest to strongest, with links to explanations of each answer for further study.

And perhaps less TEACHERS are using it during break as well.
22 posted on 08/09/2025 6:08:08 AM PDT by mmichaels1970 ( )
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To: mmichaels1970

When you teach a writing class and have students turn in legitimate outlines, rough drafts, and final papers, and then have the AI submissions from students who put in a subject and told the program to write a research paper, advertisement, journalistic article, or fictional story, you would come to different conclusions.

I refuse to grade students with high scores based on technically submitting an assignment if it was AI generated. I have plenty of students who do the work legitimately and deserve to have an honest grade.


25 posted on 08/09/2025 7:08:49 AM PDT by Billie Bud
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To: mmichaels1970

To be (politely) blunt.

Your daughter failed her certification competency exam.
YOU did the research, YOU developed a recovery plan, YOU “wrote” the AI-assisted recovery plan, YOU analyzed the result and selected the AI-written recovery plan.

What exactly did your daughter do to learn the basics of her certification- other than regurgitate what your AI put in the recovery plan? Does she know her basics and core competency? Is she really able to do her job? Or just pass the state’s exam?

Tough questions.


27 posted on 08/09/2025 7:39:15 AM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (Method, motive, and opportunity: No morals, shear madness and hatred by those who cheat.)
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To: mmichaels1970

I disagree. I’ve written code for over 40 years. I’ve never had a tool or class that taught me so much (regarding coding) in so short a time. My daughter failed a certification test. I pasted her scores for each module into AI and had it develop a 25 question study guide on each module, weakest to strongest, with links to explanations of each answer for further study.


That’s what I did to learn about AI.. I told Claude Desktop to put together a list of AI job interview questions that I had to answer, and make them progressively harder, and if I missed a question or didn’t answer it to its satisfaction, I would fail and I would have to start all over again. So in a way it’s like a game.

It can be a wonderful tool for learning if you use it the right way.


53 posted on 08/09/2025 5:52:25 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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