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Can we talk about this thumbnail for a second? Does this guy really have 4×4 = 16 written on his arm??? And what’s the second line? Xx=2,7??? WTF???
this post was submitted on 04 Aug 2026
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I don't think AI generated images can ever beat the trove of ridiculousness that is stock photos.
It's an AI generated image lol
It was generated by AI (probably)
In fairness, he looks like he could be about ten years old. Which is still probably too old to need a reminder of the 4 multiplication table, but at least it's not a high school senior.
The headline kind of misses the main point, which is that the students have to retake the exam because cheating was so rampant, likely due to AI usage but that can't be proven.
Between 2021 and 2025, 3.5 percent of test takers scored 100 or more on the 120-question UNAM test. This year, 16.3 percent did so.
The story was even worse at the highest of the high end. Between 2021 and 2025, 0.9 percent of test takers scored 110 or more; this year, 5.5 percent did so.
Statistics is a math developed to prove cheating. Moe outliers = more cheaters.
My institution is ending digital exams. We had a certain level of trust with students, that's officially over.
Should probably phase out home essays, as well.
My recent exams were digital but heavily monitored. Couldn't even use my own pen lol
Yeah, I'm in infosec and I had to pull browser history of students a lot last year because they used AI to cheat on exams.
Yeah, I was saying the cheating being AI usage is what couldn't be proven. They mentioned a few other possibilities like the tests being leaked or people working off camera with them.
But yeah, the cheating is obvious. And the likelihood of it being done by AI is damn near certain.
One thing is the 58 000 that have to re-take the exam. I'm just as interested in the 2% of exam-takers that were terminated due to "unspecified conduct issues", and how many of those were unfairly thrown out for cheating without having done anything wrong...
I feel we need double blind test taking like this.
Have you take an exam and the purpose is to gauge your trust. Make the room and setup easy to cheat in but secretly entrap the ones who do cheat.
We really need the filter out the people in society who will compromise rules when they think they can get away with it.
Yes, but then none of the ~~parasites~~ rich kids would pass, so we can't have that. Don't you know this is their world?
/s
We really need the filter out the people in society who will compromise rules when they think they can get away with it.
We are already doing that by kicking students out of medical schools and graduate schools. Eventually the shit hits the fan with cheaters.
That's a lot of misplaced trust you're putting into graduate school admins.