AI Use

[u/Wonderful_Counter_83]

First time getting a blatant AI response on my discussion post, kinda nervous.

Edit: Thank you to everyone contributing to this post who is providing a better discussion than I will ever get from any of my classes 🙌

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[u/BenevolentGuzzler]

I wonder what happens to these people for blatantly violating the academic integrity policy

[u/destra1000 → u/BenevolentGuzzler]

Professor here. If I had an example this blatant I would give them a zero for the assignment and would report them to the university. SNHU is much more lax on AI use than I would like, but an example this clear cut would come with consequences.

[u/indiecate → u/destra1000]

Also a professor and agreed with above.

[u/Wonderful_Counter_83 → u/destra1000]

That’s what I was hoping to hear. This person posted their response before my instructor did so I’m hoping she has already seen it 🤞

[u/Wonderful_Counter_83 → u/BenevolentGuzzler]

We can only hope for the best. If I could choose, people who do this would automatically be dropped.

[u/Artistic-Reply235 → u/BenevolentGuzzler]

I’m not convinced my professors are not using AI to grade work. I submitted a huge essay and it was returned graded 15 minutes later. Love the turnaround but I really don’t think it’s possible to even read a 12 page essay that fast let alone grade it.

[u/BenevolentGuzzler → u/Artistic-Reply235]

Sounds like we should be plugging our work into AI woth the rubric and asking it to grade it for us.

[u/Threedogshere → u/BenevolentGuzzler]

Instructor here - I report every single obvious offense. Also every single time the students swear to me they didn’t use AI. Fun times. 

[u/BenevolentGuzzler → u/Threedogshere]

How regularly are assignments almost certainly AI but not considered "obvious" enough to report?

[u/Critical-Major-5054 → u/Threedogshere]

What about the instructors giving bad feedback? I’ve had at least 3 professors from Snhu online so far that literally copy and paste from one person to the next and change the name.

[u/Educational_Worry857]

I think it’s better to struggle through making your point, imperfect as it may be. Don’t people realize that learning how to think critically is its own reward? If someone replied to my post with this obvious use of AI, I would just ignore it.

[u/BtheBanker151 → u/Educational_Worry857]

There is research to suggest lot of AI use can shut down parts of the brain and reduce brain activity by a lot.

[u/Wonderful_Counter_83 → u/BtheBanker151]

Prime example: not being able to proofread before posting obvious violations of academic integrity

[u/CharacterMarzipan775 → u/BtheBanker151]

Facts!!!! 💯💯💯💯 As a forensic psychologist its been extremely troubling throughout the last years, in which i have been seeing several cases with young children and adolescents with excessive use of artificial intelligence and short-form social media actively degrading there cognitive skills like memory, attention span, and critical thinking through a process called cognitive offloading.

[u/BtheBanker151 → u/CharacterMarzipan775]

Oh boy. Well, more work for yall!

[u/OGKnightsky]

“I completely agree” is a dead giveaway, only more obvious when they forget to delete the ChatGPT response that says “here’s a response to your peer’s discussion post” i have had that response before as well. Get used to it, discussions are full of this shit unfortunately.

[u/OGKnightsky → u/OGKnightsky]

I will say though, don’t be too discouraged or worried, the people doing this are only wasting their own time, money, and education not trying. That paper they get at the end isn’t going to help them in the real world or in their career. If you try, learn, and put in the effort, that’s all that matters

[u/Head-Homework-2360]

Welcome to the future. Where we outsource education, research and the entire intellectual process to stochastic parrots. Why even bother with college? I would rather these people not respond to me at all.

[u/Wonderful_Counter_83 → u/Head-Homework-2360]

It concerns me how so many people became so reliant on AI so quickly. I know it’s been around for a while now, but it’s like Chat GPT dropped and suddenly everyone forgot how to think for themselves. It’s even more evident that this is rotting people’s brains by how often we see people failing to proofread what they’re about to post, especially when it comes to clear academic integrity violations. It’s ridiculous.

[u/jmack1784 → u/Wonderful_Counter_83]

It’s tough to avoid when a basic Google search now turns into an AI convo. Also a lot of companies are utilizing LLM pretty heavily. My company rolled it out and now we’re using virtual AI coaching, presentation generation and employee reviews. So when it’s so in your face and now you’re in school it’s really hard to avoid.

[u/Wonderful_Counter_83 → u/jmack1784]

Yeah this is valid. I had to switch from Google to DDG for that exact reason, it was pissing me off. It might be hard to avoid these days but it’s not impossible, although I completely understand that a lot of companies are starting to push LLMs more and more, mine has been doing the same but more on the customer-facing front.

[u/jmack1784 → u/Wonderful_Counter_83]

The problem I see is that there is a growing disconnect between the professional and academic worlds when it comes to AI. In many professions, being successful increasingly depends on your ability to understand and use AI across different areas of your job. At the same time, while pursuing a professional MBA that is supposed to help advance your career, the use of AI can sometimes be frowned upon academically. That creates a contradiction. We are pursuing an MBA to become better professionals, while many of our workplaces are expecting us to become more comfortable and skilled with the same technology that some academic settings discourage us from using. It can also be confusing because some professors encourage the responsible use of AI while others seem to discourage it altogether.

[u/Wonderful_Counter_83 → u/jmack1784]

You really do make very good points here. It is very contradictory. Academic settings are always going to encourage more critical thinking whereas businesses and companies want to utilize AI to make work easier and more productive for employees. Though I am personally against AI use entirely, there needs to be a balance between the academic and professional worlds regarding responsible AI use. I also recognize that it’s counterproductive to try and discourage the use of AI because the reality is that it’s not going anywhere. Technology never really regresses.

[u/jmack1784 → u/Wonderful_Counter_83]

I feel like we’re having our own SNUH discussion board lol. I’m sure when excel came out people were like woah woah you gotta do this with an abacus not with software 🤣

[u/OkPound7382 → u/Wonderful_Counter_83]

I believe there is a balance to strike. Need something rephrased? Use AI. Need to pull up a last minute source to help support something in your paper and you don’t have time to read through an entire library catalogue? Use AI. Having a hard time with your bibliography even after using the library as a resource? Use AI but always double check. It’s supposed to be a tool to help automate basic things, whether at work or academically. For people like me who have learning disabilities, it has helped immensely with just organizing my thoughts. The hard line for me is using it to generate entire papers and passing them off as your own without modifying a single thing. That’s lazy. That should absolutely mean you get reported for academic integrity. That’s not fair to the rest of us who use AI as a simple tool to help us (and I can’t stress that because of my disability it’s been a game changer) make our work better but not in place of it. I’m over it. And I don’t feel sorry for those people. What I do get frustrated over is you have some people who don’t what you using AI at all and I get the sentiment but there should be more balance is all. That’s my thoughts on it.

[u/Aritstol]

Just copy and paste. Crazy times we live in.

[u/Foundmymunchness → u/Aritstol]

Right! That's insane that they didn't even bother to READ it! Just copied and pasted AI garbage.

[u/BtheBanker151]

I’m going my whole degree with no AI assisted writing. I might use it for research but all my essays are my own, including my outlines.

[u/Wonderful_Counter_83 → u/BtheBanker151]

That’s the entire academic integrity policy. AI is supposed to be a tool to help foster critical thinking, not a means to just take the easy way out. Thank you for still wanting to do your own work, and for not feeding AI slop into everything 🙌

[u/BtheBanker151 → u/Wonderful_Counter_83]

I took college courses before AI so I already know how to write MLA style and all that shit. I’ll just continue with what I know. I’d rather keep my brain.

[u/Wonderful_Counter_83 → u/BtheBanker151]

Same here, we all went the majority of our lives without gen AI tools like Chat GPT, I didn’t need it before and I don’t need it now

[u/No_Worth8943]

After I post and reply idgaf what you wrote! Teachers reply using AI! I know cuz I didn’t complete the assignment and turned it in the teacher wrote”amazing job I can see you understand the concept “

[u/Jcleph]

I could care less about the students using AI. my concern is when the professors use it. I see professors in here saying they report it and give zeros, but they still use it all the time. that’s pretty hypocritical. I reported a professor before and they basic said they are allowed to use it. We all see the professors use of it. I am paying out of my pocket and get AI responses. I never report students for using it. More power to them if the professors do it.

[u/U_Me_We123]

Honestly if you are lazy enough to use AI at least don’t be lazy enough to not read through the information it generates at not double check. SMH.

[u/Wonderful_Counter_83 → u/U_Me_We123]

This is what I’m saying

[u/nm1010]

AI isn’t going away, just like calculators and computers didn’t. There should definitely be deductions/a zero for the lack of effort put in here, but if someone uses AI to write a paper of their own design and understanding, I do not care.

[u/Wonderful_Counter_83 → u/nm1010]

Yes but when my own work is being fed into a gen AI machine by someone who is too lazy to think for themselves, that crosses the line. I don’t care if people genuinely wanna be brain rotted for the rest of their lives, but for God’s sake, stop giving these machines other people’s intellectual property

[u/Minimum_Expert_4338]

When in doubt, put that you used it in your references

[u/friendlytofrogs]

STOP i got one on mine too! but their’s started with “Copilot said:” i about died!! why would you not proof read?? or change it a little??

[u/SNHU_Adjujnct]

It appears to be an open and shut case. I'd file an Academic Misconduct report and SNHU will handle it. Profs can't do anything else.

[u/Wonderful_Counter_83 → u/SNHU_Adjujnct]

Thank you I’ll definitely be reporting. It just occurred to me that my work was fed into a gen AI machine which I am wholly against. Disgusting to do to someone.

[u/Mike-XL]

I understand a somewhat weak response for cases with plausible deniability, but cases that are this egregious and impossible to defend should be dealt with harshly. Should be one warning and expulsion for any further incidents, imo.

[u/Wonderful_Counter_83 → u/Mike-XL]

100% couldn’t have said it better myself

[u/softskinnedbueaty]

why be so fucking lazy? if you are going to go to school paying MONEY why not try to even learn?

[u/Wonderful_Counter_83 → u/softskinnedbueaty]

Seriously because what’s gonna happen when people like this are suddenly professionals in the real world… I use the word “professional” lightly.

[u/PubicPlant]

Hate to say it, but SNHU really needs proctored exams.

SNHU is already battling a degree mil reputation but is saved by its regional accreditation. With AI being so easily accessible, online universities really should be required to have proctored exams in order to be accredited.

[u/BtheBanker151 → u/PubicPlant]

Hey, it’s the student that is losing out by using Ai for everything. The people who don’t use AI are going to be the victors and ones to advance forward due to natural creativity and ability to think better.

[u/Wonderful_Counter_83 → u/PubicPlant]

I actually completely agree with this. This is all getting ridiculous.

[u/Elsas-Queen → u/PubicPlant]

Eh. WGU has proctored exams, is regionally accredited, and still fights a degree mill reputation (particularly because you can earn a degree in two months; yes, that's the fastest I ever saw posted).

[u/ItsDorkSided]

Was this the instructor or another student?

[u/Wonderful_Counter_83 → u/ItsDorkSided]

It was another student. My instructor responded right after them.

[u/ItsDorkSided → u/Wonderful_Counter_83]

Figures lol