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Happy Friday! Have You Ever Cheated on a Test?
Description
Cheating on tests used to have a clear definition. A binder on the floor in fourth grade, pages turned with two feet, and Dorothy across the aisle who saw the whole thing. That one had an obvious answer. The pandemic version is harder.
What does it feel like to watch someone in a waiting room with a test on one tab and ChatGPT on the other, and realize you cannot actually tell if it's wrong? She was studying to be a neurosurgeon. She said it wasn't cheating. Both of those things stay true at the same time.
The math equation used to have one correct method. Now it has many. The answer became the point, and the question of what counts as cheating moved quietly with it.
Topics: cheating on tests, AI cheating, ChatGPT in school, academic integrity, kids and technology
Originally aired on 2026-04-17