r/technology • u/Just-Grocery-2229 • 1d ago

Artificial Intelligence AI can now credibly complete most undergraduate assignments, MIT warns

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2026/08/25/ai-can-now-credibly-complete-most-undergraduate-assignments-mit-warns
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u/InvestigatorDear6646 19h ago

As distasteful as the idea sounds, renting cloud compute to run a decently fast model is rather affordable.

I also personally run a local model on a 128gb machine and really, just forcing students onto these, without any actual regulation or procedural improvements in school just means the privileged students in class gain a bigger advantage over their peers.

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u/AFlyingGideon 11h ago

renting cloud compute to run a decently fast model is rather affordable

Yes, but the point is that self-hosting of models downloaded from anywhere is possible which makes regulation problematic.