Spent weeks learning a subject and someone using CHATGPT gets a higher grade after spending 30 minutes on it

It's exactly as the title says. I spent WEEKS reading books, buying books, digging through Academic Journals, contacting professionals in the field of study, and memorizing my presentation just to get a B+. Someone else in the class had some AI tool generate their entire PowerPoint presentation and then had ChatGPT write a 2 page script for them. The only effort this person put into their work was changing the wording of the script until it passed an AI checker. They read off the script, couldn't answer questions, and genuinely had no idea what their topic was even about, and somehow the professor couldn't recognize any of this and that person gets an A.

I slaved away to learn everything I needed too. I practiced my presentation and put effort into it just to get screwed over once again by AI users. It's honestly so demoralizing. I see more people change ChatGPT essays into something passable than I see people actually writing essays. The college I attend talks a big game about catching cheaters, but one person was caught using AI and the professor let them rewrite it instead of going to Honor Council (they rewrote it with AI).

I was complaining about a reading we were assigned the other day because it was boring and miserable, and a senior said to me, "Oh. You actually read the articles? I just ask [insert AI name here, I forgot what it was called] and it gives 2 paragraphs about the reading with bullet points. Under those bullet points are key phrases from the reading. I havent read a single article since freshman year, and I have A's in almost every class."

This makes me want to give up. It isn't fair.

Submitted November 06, 2025 at 01:16AM by SiIverLegend https://ift.tt/9MukYST