[Trasmatta]

I graduated college a decade ago, but I have to admit, if I were still in school it would have been incredibly hard to resist using LLMs to do my homework for me if they existed back then.

[pants2]

Especially in classes that grade on a curve, you're now competing with students who do cheat using LLMs, so you have almost no choice.

[dartos]

Hard to resist?

Why on earth would you lol.

It’s not significantly different from googling each question.

[Trasmatta]

It's absolutely significantly different, especially for certain types of classes and problems.

> Why on earth would you lol.

Because school is hard, I was a kid, homework takes a ton of time, and I would rather be playing video games. Of course the temptation to cheat would be there.

[dartos]

> It's absolutely significantly different, especially for certain types of classes and problems.

How is it different?

A flathead screwdriver isn’t good for the class of screws that have a hex head, but both flathead and hex screwdrivers are still screwdrivers.

Looking things up on Google was considered cheating in the early 2000s

> Because school is hard, I was a kid, homework takes a ton of time, and I would rather be playing video games

This is a reason to NOT resist. I was asking “why on earth would you resist the temptation”

[CoastalCoder]

Maybe it depends on why you're taking classes in the first place.

If you just want the degree to unlock certain jobs or prestige, and aren't morally opposed to cheating, I can see how it would seem rational.

[dartos]

That’s probably the most common reason for anyone to be in school.

[Ferret7446]

I thought the most common reason is to learn things. Maybe not 90% common but at least 60% common at a decent college.

[yusefnapora]

Why not bring a forklift into the gym?

[dartos]

If your goal is just to raise some weight above an arbitrary height, why wouldn’t you?

[consteval]

Because that's not your goal, just like your goal in school isn't to complete assignments or even graduate.