[z2]

Even through college I've found that it's hard to optimize for grades vs learning. I've had teachers spite me for disagreeing with them.

Then I developed a formula that essentially went, "While {common sense assertion is true}, we need to consider the nuanced implications of {regurgitated pros/cons}." Combined with the smooth fluff and flow from using speech recognition with minimal edits, suddenly the A's started rolling in. I later found this of course works wonderfully with standardized testing essays in the GRE and GMAT.

Edit: I realize now why I get (even if I don't fully agree with) the 'stochastic parrot' dismissal of language transformer models, I basically lived it.

[pants2]

This is my experience as well. I remember one day completely zoning out and writing pages of drivel "defining what it means to be a X" or whatever. Got an A+. After that I realized professors didn't care about my original thoughts or ideas, but rather the appearance that I was thinking through the prompt deeply.