I'm teaching an online calculus class now, where the students have to take their exams in-person. It's painfully obvious that nearly the entire class is using some sort of AI for their homework assignments, and then completely failing the exams because they haven't learned anything because they didn't do the homework. And none of them seem to figure this out.

Also, ugh. There's a guy on Facebook (I'm friends with him there, but I don't really know him too well -- he's a friend of one of my high school friends) who keeps posting these "I am horrible misogynistic trash and the worse ally ever" comments to any of my posts about the US men's hockey team, and I don't know him well enough to tell if he's being sarcastic or not, but either way, it's incredibly annoying. And it seems like he's looking for attention specifically on posts that are about how women shouldn't have to clean up men's messes, which is definitely a choice. (If anyone feels like responding to him, feel free to, but don't feel like you have to or anything -- I'm not.)

It's painfully obvious that nearly the entire class is using some sort of AI for their homework assignments, and then completely failing the exams because they haven't learned anything because they didn't do the homework. And none of them seem to figure this out.

Argh. So depressing.

The class is year one of a two year research track for AP. They learn all of the usual research skills explicitly and the paper they are working on is actually part of their AP Exam so I am not allowed to give feedback.

It's been extremely eye opening to see how long things take them. Like peer reviewed articles are no one's idea of a good time, and in previous years before I went analog, I'd give a 3 days + a weekend to research, annotate and create an APA style annotated bibliography. And good lord, in class, they take SO LONG to read and annotate and take notes (not even for the bib!). And then outlining -- again, another full week for something I think should be 3 days tops.

My students are all over the map on AI use. I have given them explicit okay-to-use-in-these-circumstances-and-ways instructions and I require each kid, whether or not they use an AI LLM to submit an AI log. Lots of kids hate AI, think it's dangerous and bad and look down on all use (like maybe a third). Some have sophisticated uses where they get it to look at samples and rubrics and get it to tutor them. And some just flat out cheat. It makes me tired. I don't want to be a forensic teacher.

Edited to add.... you know what totally gets them in trouble though is grammarly. Which most don't think of as AI but is. It pings almost every AI detector we use.

Updating to say that I'm safe here, and found other challenges in the home front: [link]

what totally gets them in trouble though is grammarly

Intersting! I thought Grammarly was mostly rule based. I am using it for grammar suggestions (and eye glaring it when it tries to add commas to my writing as if it's a persistent cosmetics steward in a pharm).

what totally gets them in trouble though is grammarly

Interesting. I have it installed and often take the suggestions, and well, often ignore it too. But it does catch stupid type stuff quite efficiently. (it had a bunch of suggestions on the pasted comment)

It makes me tired. I don't want to be a forensic teacher.

I'll bet. A whole added layer. Thanks, "AI."

Did anyone see the lunar eclipse? I meant to wake up early but by the time I went outside the moon had already set.

found other challenges in the home front: [link]

The cat is posting the same picture on Cat Facebook, or whatever they use.

Did anyone see the lunar eclipse?

It's cloudy and drizzly here, so the eclipse was only a rumor in these parts.

I woke up too late for it