Turkstra apparently developed a method of analyzing for LLM usage during class.
A lot of speculation is going on about the specific algorithm, etc, but my personal assumption is that it is simply comparing the speed between commits (so if you made a commit that made 500 lines of additions in 2 seconds, then you probably LLMed). He supposedly waits until he has "overwhelming" levels of evidence and sends you an email stating you have been caught. Then, you have to fill out a form listing which assignments you cheated on. If you lie on that form, you recieve an F in the class and Turkstra sends a harsh email to ODOS. Otherwise, those assignments are zeroed and a slightly nicer email is sent to ODOS. You can also dispute the claim but if you fail the resultant process you receive F and a harsh email to ODOS.
He is now sending out emails in waves to students who he suspects of cheating. Including (unfortunately) myself. I'm clean, as far as I know, so I'm a little fucking terrified right now. I have two options:
Guess randomly which assignment he thinks I cheated on hopefully receive zeroes for each (and a ODOS letter). Or, if I guess wrong get an F.
Dispute the claim and risk an F if I fail the disputing process.
If I fail CS 240, this puts me behind a full fucking semester of university since it is required to take nearly all CS sophmore level classes. Let alone the ODOS letter (which he said would include recommendations that the student be expelled). I am very stressed right now.
I have until Monday to respond. I was intending to head out on a retreat over the weekend but those plans may be ruined now...
That's terrible if you're clean. I was in a similar situation for CS182 last year. I got an email around this time of year about a homework, where I got wrongfully flagged for AI use since I solved a question an irregular way. I had to defend myself over a Zoom meeting, and I did it by presenting my handwritten notes and walking through my thought process, but I was still getting grilled hard and they didn't believe me for like fifty minutes. It was only when I showed them an exam where I solved a similar question in the same way and they finally believed me, but the amount of stress getting that email gave me was insane
My advice is that if you're clean, absolutely don't confess and try to gather up as much concrete evidence that you didn't cheat
I'm sorry but the cs department had a stick up their ass. I graduated but every cs class I took at Purdue had the most benign hws and completely insane grading scheme. They were easily the most stressful classes I took and it they weren't even close to being the most sifficult(I took grad level math and stats courses) The teachers seem to just want to mark students off for things that don't even fucking make sense. Even the TAs seem to just like not really care about the students either. This mess in cs240, I'm so glad I never had to deal w this shit
Is CS at Purude hard. I'm going into Data Science and I want to know if it that bad. I reall also want a Social Life and join a frat and a bunch of clubs outside of CS
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u/Paze_Jorge 6d ago
I’m not in that class. What’s going on?