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CS240 AI Cheating Retrospective

120 points · 104 comments · ArchAndStarch

  1. aenigmaclamo · · focus · HN ↗

      * Do not use variable length array in this class
      * Some of are you are copying code and concepts from things outside of course material
         * `fgetc()`, `sizeof()`, `malloc()`, etc
         * You're probably cheating.
         * You're also making your life more difficult
    
    I always found these sorts of instructions quite frustrating as a student. If I'm a student enthusiastic about learning a language, I would have definitely been one of the kids trying to figure out how to use malloc and creating novel approaches to the projects that are assigned to me. It's a university class, why the hell not? Besides, isn't that going to be an advantage towards me considering the code is going to be evaluated by a anti cheat engine?

    The AI stuff aside, this comes across as a professor who feels threatened when his course isn't taken as doctrine. Being called a cheater for using external resources is ridiculous to me.

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