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Some Unpleasant Arithmetic • 14 implied HN points • 20 May 25
🚌 Education Cheating AI Academia Ethics Productivity
  1. AI is making it easier for students to cheat in school. Many students use AI tools to write essays or complete assignments without actually doing the work themselves.
  2. Recent incidents of academic fraud show how high the stakes are for getting published in top journals. The pressure to perform can lead some researchers to cheat to meet their goals.
  3. Cheating is influenced by economic factors, like the perceived benefits of doing well versus the risks of being caught. This creates a situation where more people might try to cheat, especially in competitive environments.

Beating Hikaru

Zwischenzug • 373 implied HN points • 25 Feb 23
🎾 Sports Chess Competition Cheating Tournament Strategy
  1. The importance of strategic moves in chess and unexpected turnarounds in a game.
  2. The experience of being selected for fair play screening in chess tournaments and the stress it can bring to players.
  3. The challenges and implications of cheating suspicion in online chess tournaments, and the need for transparent and fair anti-cheating measures.

Olympic Invaders

Diane Francis • 339 implied HN points • 29 Jul 21
🎾 Sports Olympics Doping Athletes Governance Cheating
  1. The International Olympic Committee allowed Russian athletes to compete in the Tokyo Olympics despite their country's ban for doping. This decision led to a significant number of Russian athletes participating under the guise of 'neutral athletes'.
  2. This situation raises ethical concerns and questions about the fairness of competition. It gives an advantage to Russian athletes and undermines the integrity of the Olympics.
  3. The use of sports by Russia's government as a means to project power and distract from internal issues is troubling. It shows how sports can be manipulated for political gain.
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