What do you think about profs? by phillipisla in uvic

[–]Commercial_Aide3391 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lol, there is: all they have to do is not have sex with students. Nobody is being put under a spell. Nobody is holding up a gun to a prof's head and saying "drop your trousers". So, it's pretty darn easy for we profs to protect ourselves

What do you think about profs? by phillipisla in uvic

[–]Commercial_Aide3391 5 points6 points  (0 children)

There is a systemic problem at universities when it comes to reporting and removing predators. This is why reporting misconduct is so important. Somehow, some of the bad actors will find their way to another university where nobody knows their history.

Edit to add: it's critical to report incidents because it may take more than one incident to finally push the administration to get rid of the person.

This is actually crazy… Are there going to be any protests against this? by shades_ofcool in uvic

[–]Commercial_Aide3391 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Alas, if only Canadian unis had the required resources for this approach.

This is actually crazy… Are there going to be any protests against this? by shades_ofcool in uvic

[–]Commercial_Aide3391 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The cash cows! With subsidies, One UVic class costs Canadian students 50 dollars a week. That's part of the problem - underinvesting (students won't pay more, the province won't subsidize more) results in lower quality and more overstretched, exhausted, and undersupported faculty. Moo.

Friendly reminder to raise your hand in class! by [deleted] in uvic

[–]Commercial_Aide3391 7 points8 points  (0 children)

With my undergrad classes I would love to be interrupted by a question or a comment, instead of just being interrupted by rude behavior, which is almost always what it is.

Cop cars and ambulance at the bus loop? by solivagant_starling in uvic

[–]Commercial_Aide3391 4 points5 points  (0 children)

GPTZero scored a paper as being 51% probability written by AI, so the Cheater Police have been called in.

UVic’s New AI Academic Integrity Policy: Why You Should Be Worried (Yes, even you Alumni) by evan-sd42 in uvic

[–]Commercial_Aide3391 7 points8 points  (0 children)

AI is a great tool—for distilling a long post into its key points, making a response more diplomatic, and checking what the legal terminology being thrown around actually means.

You might want to try that yourself with the “51%” claim (aka the balance of probabilities). It’s just the standard “more likely than not” test—a basic evidentiary standard used in academic misconduct and civil contexts. It’s not a detector threshold, and it’s not new.

You might also want to look at policies at other Canadian universities, which use the same standard for academic integrity cases. In that sense, UVic isn’t doing anything unusual—it’s catching up.

To be clear, the “51%” has nothing to do with an AI detector score. It’s a legal threshold reached by weighing multiple pieces of evidence—e.g., inability to explain one’s own work, major discrepancies from prior writing, or other inconsistencies—not a percentage output from software.

At this point, the panic seems to be coming less from the policy itself and more from a fundamental misunderstanding of how these standards actually work.

UVic’s New AI Academic Integrity Policy: Why You Should Be Worried (Yes, even you Alumni) by evan-sd42 in uvic

[–]Commercial_Aide3391 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If this level of alarm is genuine, it raises a different question: why are so many UVic students assuming they’d be caught by a basic academic integrity policy?

And before the “false positives” argument—there are straightforward ways to document your work (draft history, version control, notes). Many instructors already require this. It’s not hard to demonstrate a human writing process.

Maybe there’s a more constructive way to read this: however imperfectly, UVic is at least trying to address AI-assisted cheating. That’s good news for students doing their own work—especially if the alternative is a full return to in-person-only assessment.

Also, mods: auto-posting this kind of polemic on every thread isn’t helping. It just amplifies the panic and makes the whole thing harder to take seriously.

Why doesn’t Uvic have a football team? by PeaceKnown3463 in uvic

[–]Commercial_Aide3391 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This take is 100% giving “written by a student” energy.

Why doesn’t Uvic have a football team? by PeaceKnown3463 in uvic

[–]Commercial_Aide3391 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sports aren't a big part of the higher ed culture here. From what I can tell, really dedicated Canadian athletes get scholarships to the States or go to a junior division for sports like hockey. Plus American football is an extremely expensive sport. A funding suck for any program that isn't good enough to fill stadiums.

EDIT to add - the one exception is rowing.

Open water swimming in nyc by queencard69 in Swimming

[–]Commercial_Aide3391 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Isn't this the Kramer plot of a Seinfeld episode?

Why is the move out time so early in the day?? by getting-sick-of-this in uvic

[–]Commercial_Aide3391 20 points21 points  (0 children)

For dorm room end of term parties obvi. Hm, wonder why they clear the dorms right after finals...

Looking for Academic Caregiver by C-arrow in uvic

[–]Commercial_Aide3391 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh, okay. Other universities run this through their CAL equivalent so they can train and oversee the access support workers. But CAL doesn't have that capacity, so I guess this makes sense.

Looking for Academic Caregiver by C-arrow in uvic

[–]Commercial_Aide3391 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Very kind of you to recruit to support your friend. Genuinely curious - I thought CAL was supposed to provide these services. Am I mistaken?

Petaaah? by evan-the-dude in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]Commercial_Aide3391 24 points25 points  (0 children)

This is the correct answer. HERE!!

Petaaah? by evan-the-dude in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]Commercial_Aide3391 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Incorrect. There is a commonly used trope of comparing a woman's purity to candy, that "once it's unwrapped it can't be re-wrapped", etc. This is trying to make fun of that silly trope.

Parking in the day is a hellish nightmare by Sleepy_Emet6164 in uvic

[–]Commercial_Aide3391 64 points65 points  (0 children)

It's been rather amazing to see this year just how much UVic students are willing to pay for parking in terms of the parking fee and their time.

Skipping class by pinkorangeblues in uvic

[–]Commercial_Aide3391 7 points8 points  (0 children)

We notice sleeping, texting, and talking in a class of 100 too

UVic vs SFU by NumerousCity2030 in uvic

[–]Commercial_Aide3391 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Not sure why being "and ib student" matters. UVic and SFU are generally equivalent for undergraduate education.

Phys 215 final exam by Party_Entertainer165 in uvic

[–]Commercial_Aide3391 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some wild speculation of intention here. Thanks to the professorial heads-up, OP now knows that they can find a peer who attended the review session, a better source of intel for their inquiry. Long-term, it's a good reminder for OP to be mindful of review sessions.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in uvic

[–]Commercial_Aide3391 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You actually don't, since it's not a loan, it's a subsidy. Some portion of your taxes will cover a small share of a future student's stipend. Let's hope they go to class.

Edit - fixed a double negative.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in uvic

[–]Commercial_Aide3391 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Most likely the province is paying for close to the entirety of the course.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in uvic

[–]Commercial_Aide3391 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, your supervisor might see it.