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ancianita

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31. Cory Doctorow teaches us what AI can and cannot use, and why most of what AI uses is not stealing intellectual property.

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Sun Jun 28, 2026, 04:28 PM

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I highly recommend you read his latest book.

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Professor denounces mass AI fraud on an exam at Brown University: 'Academic integrity is at risk' [View all] highplainsdem 19 hrs ago OP

Most enlightening information, thank you for bringing it here for us Attilatheblond 19 hrs ago #1

Who needs higher education when you can fake your way through life. nt ImNotGod 19 hrs ago #2

As expressed by a member of... 2naSalit 19 hrs ago #9

To someone.... SergeStorms 18 hrs ago #23

There is a reason med schools don't allow take-home exams dalton99a 19 hrs ago #3

I want to know which AI tool they were using RandomNumbers 19 hrs ago #4

Those AI models you mentioned were all illegally trained on stolen intellectual property. I'm sorry highplainsdem 19 hrs ago #10

Not necessarily in the case of how I use it for work. RandomNumbers 18 hrs ago #13

Cory Doctorow teaches us what AI can and cannot use, and why most of what AI uses is not stealing intellectual property. ancianita 17 hrs ago #31

I like Cory and often agree with him, and he'd sometimes repost my comments when I was still highplainsdem 16 hrs ago #34

And btw, Cory isn't in agreement with most creators of intellectual property on copyright: highplainsdem 16 hrs ago #35

probably cuz it's a narrow subject. mopinko 19 hrs ago #12

Narrow subjects aren't necessarily immune to the problem. cab67 18 hrs ago #22

Clever prof! nt LAS14 19 hrs ago #5

universities will take the money, thus prostituting their values by bending over for trump msongs 19 hrs ago #6

It's not necessarily a matter of politics. cab67 17 hrs ago #25

And yet, certain DUers think this is just fine and we're yelling at clouds. Coventina 19 hrs ago #7

Certain DUers think using AI to cheat on exams if "just fine". Disaffected 18 hrs ago #15

thread from a few days ago Coventina 18 hrs ago #16

OK, I skimmed that thread and didn't see any posts Disaffected 18 hrs ago #18

I'm not going to call out specific people, as that is against DU TOS. Coventina 18 hrs ago #19

Sorry but I cannot draw inferences that are not there. Disaffected 18 hrs ago #20

Are you seriously making a case that coming into a thread about AI threats to Coventina 17 hrs ago #28

That's some serious goalpost moving there. Disaffected 17 hrs ago #29

This is sad and worrying. yardwork 19 hrs ago #8

it's a brilliant solution imho. mopinko 19 hrs ago #11

Yes Kaleva 18 hrs ago #14

I remember the dreaded individual oral exams administered by no-nonsense Jesuits at the end of each semester, sop 17 hrs ago #33

But they can't write cursive! Mossfern 15 hrs ago #38

Take home, closed book exams?? Disaffected 18 hrs ago #17

It's right on my syllabus. cab67 18 hrs ago #21

This gets a bit murky but, Disaffected 17 hrs ago #27

wary. cab67 17 hrs ago #30

Interesting and well put. Disaffected 15 hrs ago #36

If only.... SergeStorms 17 hrs ago #24

Just based on my reading history, El Pais is another fantastic non-US M$M outlet erronis 17 hrs ago #26

The only way to deal with this Matthew28 17 hrs ago #32

I find it fascinating... kentuck 15 hrs ago #37

Older but wiser Mossfern 15 hrs ago #39

I think that the younger generations anciano 14 hrs ago #40

This is a problem. cab67 13 hrs ago #41

See reply 42. highplainsdem 12 hrs ago #43

I guess you've missed the news stories about polls showing younger users have a lower opinion of AI highplainsdem 12 hrs ago #42

I think the appropriate and responsible use of AI anciano 12 hrs ago #44

Generative AI tools are unethical because they're illegally trained on stolen intellectual property. highplainsdem 12 hrs ago #45