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Brown University professor's take-home midterm sparks debate with Mastodon

Roberto Serrano, an economics professor at Brown University, assigned a take-home midterm exam to his students for the first time. The professor's decision was met with a statement from Mastodon, a social media platform, asserting that "We cannot choose to become idiots." AI

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Brown University professor's take-home midterm sparks debate with Mastodon

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    "We cannot choose to become idiots." When Brown University economics professor Roberto Serrano gave his students a take-home midterm for the first time, most of

    "We cannot choose to become idiots." When Brown University economics professor Roberto Serrano gave his students a take-home midterm for the first time, most of them did suspiciously well. Suspecting widespread AI use, he voided the results and told students he would reweigh the …