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Maybe it's different for higher education, but at least for my more memorization-centric high school courses (religion, science, civics), I find that I get good-enough grades by just feeding ChatGPT the test reviews and having it create Anki flashcards, making a few edits[1], and then reviewing them for a few weeks prior to the test on the toilet, bus, before bed, etc. If they're inaccurate, somebody should probably let the test know. So far it's been enough to bring my grades from low to mid 80s to high 90s. Spending an extra hour or two to squeeze out another 1 or 2 percentage points just doesn't seem worth it. I don't personally think that it's cheating, because IMO how I decide to study for the test is of no concern to the teacher, as long as I'm not getting outside help during the test itself[2]. A feeling I've been having a lot recently is that I have no idea why I actually want good grades in school. When I was a kid, I was told that life went: good grades in high school -> good university -> good job -> lots of money -> being able to provide for your family But now, it sort of feels like everything's been shaken up. Grade inflation means that good grades in high school aren't sufficient to get into university, and then you see statistics like "15% of CS grads can't find jobs", and that makes me think "is university really sufficient to get a good job?" And then getting requests by randos on the internet to do contract work for their start-up or whatever, with no formal CS or programming knowledge, and a grade 8 education, because of my projects, for entry-level wages, makes me think that a university degree really isn't even necessary for a good job. On the other hand, you see the richest people being the ones that make a big start-up then get acquired, is a good job even necessary for lots of money? Sorry, this is rambling, but I should probably get back to work, so I'm not going to edit it. [^1] Especially this semester, my religion teacher tends to use analogies in class that seem to be new, which messes up ChatGPT. [^2] I feel less guilty using this method of studying for religion, specifically because in conversations with my religion teachers in the past, they've admitted to using ChatGPT to make and/or grade our tests. I know that HN people say "Oh, well, teachers are forced to use AI" or whatever, but I know that there are other teachers in my school who do not use AI. |
That's like winning the lottery, becoming an A-list Hollywood actor, or a famous rock star.
You're not looking at the millions who failed.