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Software engineer laments AI-driven homework plagiarism, shares personal interests

A software engineer expresses concern about the current generation's reliance on AI for homework, contrasting it with their own methods of plagiarism using Microsoft Encarta. The individual also shares personal interests in Star Trek and anime, and a bleak outlook on the future of the United States, identifying as a husband, father, and software engineer skilled in PHP and Go programming. AI

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Software engineer laments AI-driven homework plagiarism, shares personal interests

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Kids are so lazy these days, using AI to plagiarize their homework. Back in my day, we had to plagiarize Microsoft Encarta all on our own. # KidsTheseDays # AIS

    Kids are so lazy these days, using AI to plagiarize their homework. Back in my day, we had to plagiarize Microsoft Encarta all on our own. # KidsTheseDays # AISlop # AI # Millennial # MillennialParenting