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Comment Re:Change the scoring system... (Score 1) 69

by Skippy_the_Evil_Twin on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @09:54AM (#63235104) Attached to: Anti-Plagiarism Service Turnitin Is Building a Tool To Detect ChatGPT-Written Essays

If only the ChatGPT generated text could be trusted to be factual without verification. While it may prove to be a useful tool in some contexts, helping students write papers on topics it merely claims knowledge of is a dangerous path to take.

Submission + - IT graduates not 'well-trained, ready-to-go' (networkworld.com) 1

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coondoggie

on Friday February 25, 2011 @04:59PM

coondoggie writes: "There is a disconnect between students getting high-tech degrees and what employers are looking for in those graduates.

Employers agree that colleges and universities need to provide their students with the essential skills required to run IT departments, yet only 8% of hiring managers would rate IT graduates hired as "well-trained, ready-to-go," according to a survey of 376 organizations that are members of the IBM user group Share and Database Trends and Applications subscribers."

Wolfram Alpha vs. Google — Results Vary 255

Posted by timothy on Tuesday May 05, 2009 @10:24AM from the and-so-might-your-mileage dept.

wjousts writes "Technology Review has an article comparing various search results from Wolfram Alpha and Google. Results vary. For example, searching 'Microsoft Apple' in Alpha returns data comparing both companies stock prices, whereas Google top results are news stories mentioning both companies. However, when searching for '10 pounds kilograms,' Alpha rather unhelpfully assumes you want to multiply 10 pounds by 1 kilogram, whereas Google directs you to sites for metric conversions. Change the query to '10 pounds in kilograms' and both give you the result you'd expect (i.e. 4.536 kg)."

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