Engineering student fears AI cheating classmates have made his degree pointless
elimanzz · reddit · 2026-10-12
An engineering student posted a candid reflection on Reddit about AI-driven despair: classmates openly cheat on assignments and exams with AI, and he questions whether effort matters when GPT "can do everything better."
- He deliberately avoids relying on AI but sees little point, even losing motivation to study for tomorrow's exam
- He fears that by graduation in three years, models will be far more advanced and average graduates unemployable
- The post captures a conflicted mood: excitement about the AI revolution alongside personal hopelessness about where ordinary people fit
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