Stanford student calls ChatGPT era 'just a little bit of fraud
stanford student theo baker argues chatgpt normalized academic dishonesty to the point where the university reinstated proctored, handwritten exams after a century-long ban.
theo baker, graduating in the first class to spend their entire college career alongside chatgpt, writes in the new york times that the tool turned existing dishonesty into the default mode at stanford. baker reports that 49 percent of surveyed cs majors preferred cheating to failing and details instances of fraud, including students faking covid infections and falsely claiming ai breakthroughs with the stolen llama3-v model. these developments, combined with a perceived collapse in entry-level job prospects due to ai, led the university to abandon its century-old honor system and reinstate proctored, handwritten exams in 2026.