Anti-cheating tools catch amateurs while skilled AI cheats prosper, researchers argue
birchlse · x · 2026-10-01
Economist paulnovosad notes AI can edit Google Docs incrementally to fake credible version histories, but argues anti-cheating measures need only raise the cost of cheating enough that doing the work becomes worthwhile. birchlse counters that such approaches catch casual or incompetent cheats while skilled cheats prosper — and there are plenty of skilled cheats, with the incompetent ones skilling up fast.
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