'Humanity has chosen to become idiots': Brown professor discovers mass cheating
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- Brown University professor Roberto Serrano changed his midterm exam to a take-home format following a campus shooting to accommodate traumatized students.
- The take-home exam resulted in widespread AI-assisted cheating, with 40 out of 86 students scoring a perfect 100, far exceeding previous averages.
- Serrano discovered cheating through ChatGPT-generated answers, leading to a dramatic drop in final exam scores (average of 48) and 27 students dropping the course.
- Serrano reported the incident to Brown University administrators but received minimal response, highlighting institutional unpreparedness for AI-related academic fraud.
- Serrano warns that AI cheating threatens academic integrity and the value of university credentials, calling for guardrails and consequences to uphold honesty.