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25% of community college applicants in California are now AI bots

Posted on 4/27/25 at 7:42 am
Posted by stout
Porte du Lafitte
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Posted on 4/27/25 at 7:42 am
Posted by zippyputt
Member since Jul 2005
6462 posts
Posted on 4/27/25 at 7:46 am to
And on cue, dems will stand up and scream “Bot’s are people too! Elon is denying Bots education!”
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
129875 posts
Posted on 4/27/25 at 7:48 am to
Soon you'll have AI "professors" "teaching" AI "Students" in online Colleges
Posted by LSUGUMBO
Shreveport, LA
Member since Sep 2005
9190 posts
Posted on 4/27/25 at 7:48 am to
Are they not verifying enrollment information before they dole out thousands of dollars in grants? Seems like they could confirm that they name and SSN match up or something along those lines
Posted by stout
Porte du Lafitte
Member since Sep 2006
175424 posts
Posted on 4/27/25 at 7:51 am to
quote:

Seems like they could confirm that they name and SSN match up or something along those lines


In Cali all are welcome. Even the undocumented
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
69952 posts
Posted on 4/27/25 at 7:53 am to
They’ll soon be demanding an AI lounge on campus.

“Alpha Io until the day I die-oh!”
Posted by lsuhunt555
Teakwood Village Breh
Member since Nov 2008
38794 posts
Posted on 4/27/25 at 7:54 am to
How the hell does that even work?
Posted by skewbs
Member since Apr 2008
2134 posts
Posted on 4/27/25 at 7:55 am to
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SSN


LOL! Good one
Posted by Strannix
President Trump's America
Member since Dec 2012
51229 posts
Posted on 4/27/25 at 7:57 am to
Higher education in this country needs an absolute ground up rebuild and revolution. It has turned into a scam more or less.
Posted by Strannix
President Trump's America
Member since Dec 2012
51229 posts
Posted on 4/27/25 at 7:58 am to
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name and SSN match up or something along those lines


What Klavern do you belong too?
Posted by BabyTac
Austin, TX
Member since Jun 2008
14235 posts
Posted on 4/27/25 at 8:01 am to
quote:

Are they not verifying enrollment information before they dole out thousands of dollars in grants?


I though it was racist in California to ask for an ID?
Posted by DrrTiger
Louisiana
Member since Nov 2023
1400 posts
Posted on 4/27/25 at 8:01 am to
quote:

Seems like they could confirm that they name and SSN match up or something along those lines


Posted by Tarps99
Lafourche Parish
Member since Apr 2017
9733 posts
Posted on 4/27/25 at 8:12 am to
quote:

Are they not verifying enrollment information before they dole out thousands of dollars in grants? Seems like they could confirm that they name and SSN match up or something along those lines


Also, couldn’t the IRS also verify incomes and parent information?

Or does the Pell Grant system just dish out based on what random information you put on a FASFA, if I knew this 25 years ago, I would have put zero for all income and expected a nice check for tuition in addition to TOPS which fully paid tuition and fees back then.
Posted by Gee Grenouille
Bogalusa
Member since Jul 2018
6672 posts
Posted on 4/27/25 at 8:26 am to
drawn and quartered.
Posted by dalefla
Central FL
Member since Jul 2024
1910 posts
Posted on 4/27/25 at 9:00 am to
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Higher education in this country needs an absolute ground up rebuild and revolution. It has turned into a scam more or less.


The fact that institutions, i.e. Havard, get public funding while having billions in endowments is criminal. Tax the shite out of them if they receive any federal or state $$$.
Posted by whodatdude
Member since Feb 2011
1452 posts
Posted on 4/27/25 at 11:20 am to
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Also, couldn’t the IRS also verify incomes and parent information?


It’s now automatically pulls tax info from the IRS. With few exceptions, people can’t manually input information anymore.

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Are they not verifying enrollment information before they dole out thousands of dollars in grants? Seems like they could confirm that they name and SSN match up or something along those lines


A lot of the scammers are using personal information such as SSN and DOB from hacks (looking at you Louisiana DMV), so the information on the FAFSA and admissions applications match.

Where they maybe could try to mitigate this is at the point where money pays out. Institutions have to verify attendance or academic participation for federal money to pay out, but that’s also one of the the points the article mentions (specifically the scammers submitting AI generated coursework). If the school is online or is only relying on a student submitting an assignment online as verification of academic participation rather than taking physical attendance, that’s an assumed risk since you can’t see the student themselves submit it. It’d be much cleaner for community colleges to rely on physical attendance or in-person assignments to reduce this type of thing, since fewer scammers are going to take the time to sit through multiple classes pretending to be someone in order for the money to pay out.
Posted by threeputtforbogie
Addison, TX
Member since Sep 2017
930 posts
Posted on 4/27/25 at 12:01 pm to
I foresee a future where in person interaction returns to being absolutely necessary for many aspects of business and transactions, which is extremely ironic given it will be driven by our advances with technology.

It’s already getting to the point where remote work is becoming questionable from an IT security perspective. If AI advances to the point where it can perfectly, or nearly perfectly, mimic a specific person in a video call, how can you ensure you are communicating with the correct person? Scary stuff in the future.
Posted by donut
Face, USA
Member since Jan 2004
3089 posts
Posted on 4/27/25 at 12:03 pm to
This has been going on for at least 10 years.
Posted by AlonsoWDC
Memphis, where it ain't Ten-a-Key
Member since Aug 2014
9119 posts
Posted on 4/27/25 at 12:28 pm to
Anyone using AI is either willfully ignorant or willfully destructive.

This shite is out of control.
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