Cheat GPT: the successor to plagiarism

A humorous analysis of how has AI use influenced classrooms

Staff Writer

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Ever since its release to the general public in 2022, ChatGPT has been public enemy number one to schools and teachers. This magical tool makes the student that normally scrolls Instagram on their phone the entire class period into an essay writing prodigy with a few clicks. As such, an “arms race” of sorts has started to develop between students and staff, with both sides employing various strategies to keep the other in check.

The first line of defense—the no AI writing allowed sign, a staple in every classroom. This invaluable document is a great deterrent to any troublemakers looking to quickly finish an assignment. It really causes students to question what they’re doing. If they cheat on this assignment, how are they going to build character? Even so, there are still desperate students that are willing to risk their academic career on the line for an assignment worth five points.

For example, take Fresh Man (9), who spent all week grinding Brawl Stars in order to earn those sweet, sweet trophies. He did it in order to gain clout with all his other friends, who applaud him for spending 18 hours a day on his phone. However, when he realized his month-long essay was due the next morning, he whipped up the perfect essay, painstakingly picking out complex words and replacing them with ones fit for a ninth grader. Unfortunately for Mr. Man, he was caught and apprehended by his English teacher for cheating shortly later for AI use. According to Man, “I fogor to remove the part where GPT said ‘As an AI language model.’”

Next up, the AI and plagiarism detector, commonly known as Turnitin. A tool so renowned for its effectiveness that it has been used by teachers all over AHS. Against plagiarism, it proves a formidable ally for English teachers trying to fend off the masses of cheating students. Against AI, it completely misses the mark. Instead of flagging the students that write the equivalent of a PhD thesis, it instead zeroes in on the singular sophomore that wrote something that wasn’t a jumbled incomprehensible mess for once.

Some more deluded students, such as Seen Yor (12), have claimed that their use of AI is justified. Instead of outright copying and pasting essays from GPT, Seen generated ideas and based his essay off of them. “I still basically did all of the work, so it shouldn’t really be considered cheating.” When his teacher questioned him on why his argumentative skill was on par with that of a lawyer, he replied “I binge-watched Suits before writing this.”

Another group of students consisting of about 7 students ranging from sophomores to seniors seem to have discovered a foolproof way to bypass any AI detection method. Chea Turr (10) says, “We’ve been using this for a straight month now. I don’t even know what to do with all this free time. If anyone else wants to replicate this process, the steps are to first—.”Your trial of EagleGPT has expired. If you want to keep generating, upgrade to EagleGPT+.