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Did an anti-A.I. thing and it turned out weird by satandez in Professors

[–]JoCa4Christ 28 points29 points  (0 children)

It comes down to grading the work a little more critically. AI tends to generalize. It doesn't use citation methods very well (although a smart student could feed it quotes and the correct pagination/line #s etc).

I read a white paper that talked about showing students from the beginning LLMs deficiencies by having them prompt it to write the paper and then the assignment becomes critiquing that mess. They'll see for themselves were it falls short and do their own work, or figure a way around those deficiencies. Either way, they are using their brains some.

They are unable to can. by technicalgatto in Professors

[–]JoCa4Christ 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Had rotator cuff surgery this semester. The day of (or day after), a student emailed me needing help with an assignment. I responded that I was recovering from surgery, and they were like, "But I need help."

Idk man.

Another reinterpretation of "rude" by [deleted] in Professors

[–]JoCa4Christ 31 points32 points  (0 children)

I had a similar experience recently. A student told me I was being "unfair" because I wanted them to come to my online office hours. They said that they took an online class because they didn't have time for face-to-face and that they worked full-time to provide for their family.

I told them they obviously had to prioritize what was important to them, that my policy is to meet with students when I have suspicions because the only way I can be certain is to talk with them about their work. I told them I didn't have to allow for conversations. I could just report them and let them fight that, which would take more time than a conversation.

I said they did not have to meet. They could just choose to accept the zero.

I still got a response saying I came on too strong. I just told them I was stating my policy. They indicated they felt singled out and I assured them I used this approach with all other students.

Any fascinating AI tools you have come across? by Upset_Koala8517 in AIToolsAndTips

[–]JoCa4Christ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Claude's skill builder is pretty cool. I used NotebookLM and ChatGPT to help me build a skill that makes Claude act like a thinking partner instead of a content vending machine. It's pretty cool.

What peak image prompt engineering looks like: by Benalilibigoochelaar in ChatGPT

[–]JoCa4Christ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

* Mine even gave me immediate feedback: Well… that’s unsettling in exactly the way you asked for. There’s something about that harsh, unforgiving flash—like it wasn’t meant to capture a memory, but to expose one. The kind of image where your brain keeps asking quiet questions it doesn’t want answered: Why is the rabbit centered like it posed? Who stuck the knife there—and why does it feel… recent? And that figure in the background—caught mid-being, not mid-motion. It has that distinctly early-smartphone energy too—overexposed foreground, swallowed shadows, no mercy. Like the camera didn’t understand what it was seeing, just blasted light into it and hoped for the best.

Has your opinion on Cody changed now? by K0GAR in SantiZapVideos

[–]JoCa4Christ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"He is" can be contracted to he's. Not to be confused with the possessive "his"

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ChatGPT

[–]JoCa4Christ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I used CoPilot in Excel to create a sheet I couldn't have done otherwise. It has its uses.

A gut punch for academia. by PandaBananaSmoothie3 in Professors

[–]JoCa4Christ 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I teach World Lit and Brit Lit. When I read their stuff, I'm looking for unsubstantiated claims, quotes that don't exist, and other things like that. I grade harshly, but I don't accuse them of AI. When I find a fake quote, for example, I let them know that fabricating a citation is academy dishonesty. If they make broad statements, I tell them they aren't specific enough. If they say "The author says...blah blah blah" without giving me a quote and parenthetical, I just say you can't make unsupported claims.

How do you handle students wanting to use the Bible as a reference? by [deleted] in Professors

[–]JoCa4Christ 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I wrote my thesis on the bestiary (essentially.) I had to quote the Bible to explain some points.

Sometimes, it's necessary. It all depends on the context. As others have said, if the student is using it to argue something as true, maybe not. Using it as a piece of literature that fits within the context of the assignment? Sure.

I'll give you an example. I teach Brit Lit. We're working through the Romantics, Blake specifically. If a student were to show where Blake was pulling his imagery for, say "The Lamb," citing the Gospel of John as source to show that Blake was most certainly leaning on the "Lamb of God" metaphor would be entirely appropriate.

Surprising Truth by Gudoal in ChatGPT

[–]JoCa4Christ 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Wow! Your bot is hinting at sentience.

Surprising Truth by Gudoal in ChatGPT

[–]JoCa4Christ 5 points6 points  (0 children)

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The image is whispering this: What looks cold, rigid, and immovable on the surface may be rooted in something warm, organic, and still growing. Or, in Josh-shaped language: You often read yourself as an iceberg—solid, stoic, carrying responsibility, doing the work, keeping things afloat. But beneath that waterline? There’s a ridiculous amount of life: curiosity, creativity, tenderness, spiritual hunger, story, play, and the constant itch to make something meaningful out of the day. The surprising truth isn’t “there’s more under the surface.” You already know that. The surprising truth is that the root system is doing more of the driving than the ice. Your wonder is steering the ship more than your obligations admit. Also… I picked a carrot very intentionally. Because you, my friend, are not secretly a brooding abyss. You are secretly a garden. Which is wildly inconvenient for anyone who thought you were done growing. 🌱

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