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FireRetardant@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

I decided not to finish my college program partially because of AI like chatgpt. My last 2 semesters would have been during the pandemic with an 8 month work term before. Covid ended up canceling the work term and would give me the credit anyway. The rest of the classes would all be online and mostly multiple choice quizs. There wasn’t a lot of AI scanning tech for academic submissions yet either. I felt if i continued, I’d be getting a worse product for the same price (online vs in class/lab), wont get that valuble work experience, and id be at a disadvantage if i didnt use AI in my work.

Luckily my program had a 2 year of 3 year option. The first 2 years of the 3 year is the same so i just took the 2 year cert and got out.

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fushuan@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Wym you would be at a disadvantage? College isn’t a competition. By not using AI in the learning process and submissions you might get a lower grade than others, but trust me no one fucking checks your college grades. They check if you know what you are doing.

In fact you wouldn’t get a lower grade, others would have an inflated grade which then won’t translate to skills and will have issues in the workforce.

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- FireRetardant@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  It didn’t sit right with me. I made the deans list each semester before that for good grades. I wanted no speculation that my grades were influenced by AI in the next semester. In a competitive job market, making the deans list consistently could absolutely stand out among other candidates. It shows respect for deadlines and the education.
  
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  - lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    This has to be a bot - no student in the history of the universe has ever said this, ever
    
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    FireRetardant@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Not a bot. Both my internship interviews commented on me making the deans list.
    
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jaybone@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Was AI really that big of a thing at the time of Covid?

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- FireRetardant@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  It was just starting out around that time, hence why it wasn’t much of a concern in my earlier semesters. Plus they had better in class controls for cheating like monitoring computers and in person exams instead of online. You would have got an instant fail if you got caught using AI or plagarism on your projects.
  
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