r/byuidaho • u/P15T0L_WH1PP3D • 15d ago

STOP CHEATING!

I am attending online through the Pathway predictable, and it is truly disheartening to see such rampant cheating with the use of AI. The discussion board for my class as of this writing is, other than my post, 100% AI generated. That includes replies. And it's awful because these people don't know how obvious it is, how to make it less obvious, or at the very least how to make their posts different from the other posts already on the board.

Is embarrassing to be associated with this school and for that matter, the church, when so many are sitting here scamming their way to a degree that others have to actually work for. That we are connected to a religious institution should be a point of pride, or at the very least a neutral point. She bringing shame to it. My degree feels cheapened. It's disgusting.

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u/FriedTorchic 15d ago

I agree with your statement wholeheartedly, but it is not a problem limited to Pathway or the Church schools. This is a worldwide issue.

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u/P15T0L_WH1PP3D 15d ago

That's a hollow comfort. I'm very aware of the prevalence of cheating, especially of this type. My wife is a teacher and we have a few teachers in our ward. I hear all the stories.

I would hope that our school would have far less of it than the rest of the world.

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u/pfknone 14d ago

It is really bad. The worst part is the students no longer think for themselves. If you put pen and paper in front of them they have no idea what to do.

I teach Juniors and Seniors and I had them write what they wanted to do after high school and some of them turned in AI copy/paste responses.

I really love when they don't even reformat it, leave in the citations, or "on the website....."