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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

It just takes one person to notice (or see a tweet like this) and tell everybody else that the teacher is setting a trap.

Once the word goes out about this kind of thing, everybody will be double checking the prompt.

[โ€“] Khanzarate 2 points 3 days ago

I doubt it.

For the same reasons, really. People who already intend to thoroughly go over the input and output to use AI as a tool to help them write a paper would always have had a chance to spot this. People who are in a rush or don't care about the assignment, it's easier to overlook.

Also, given the plagiarism punishments out there that also apply to AI, knowing there's traps at all is a deterrent. Plenty of people would rather get a 0 rather than get expelled in the worst case.

If this went viral enough that it could be considered common knowledge, it would reduce the effectiveness of the trap a bit, sure, but most of these techniques are talked about intentionally, anyway. A teacher would much rather scare would-be cheaters into honesty than get their students expelled for some petty thing. Less paperwork, even if they truly didn't care about the students.