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iclarified - Apple's Developer Academy in Detroit is drawing attention for its steep operating costs and the heavy burden it places on public funding, raising questions about whether the program delivers enough value for the investment. An in-depth review of the initi…
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msmash / slashdot - The world's largest accounting body is to stop students being allowed to take exams remotely to crack down on a rise in cheating on tests that underpin professional qualifications. From a report: The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), …
Editor: Is it AI cheating, or AI productivity boosting? Accounting is about the application of rules and judgment en masse - it strikes me that the exams need to test student's ability to validate their sources (is the model's output factually correct?) and apply their own judgment - or validate the model's work. I wonder how much of the problem here is poor test design methodology.
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