I was feeling pretty dispirited in the midst of a literature review on automatic essay scoring systems (👎), but this paper on an ✨ adversarial essay writing contest ✨ fooling the scoring system totally made my day. doi.org/10.1002/j.2333
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Oh my goodness I didn't even know you could automatically score an essay and now as a student that makes me somewhat upset but as a programmer somewhat elated... 😣🤔
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Per the paper, you can automatically score an essay, but that doesn't mean the score is helpful.
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I'm worried of the implications in other tests in the future. Have you heard of CASPer? It's an ethics test medical schools now require for applicants. I'd rather not have a future where I'm scored automatically and given an "ethical score"... 😣
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And I fully understand that the score might not be helpful today... but that could soon change. 🤔