Secret calculator hack brings ChatGPT to the TI-84, enabling easy cheating

If a kid is smart enough to figure this out and make it work for them, they're gonna be fine...

Oof getting ChatGPT to help on a test is likely to lead to some wrong answers.

Ok but calculators are only allowed in math class and if there’s one thing language models suck at, it’s doing basic math. Forget anything at least as complicated as algebra

I used to store formulas in basic programs in my ti84 but they were never useful because I didn't need help memorizig formulas

But can you still play Drug Wars?

Wat? Does it have wifi?

"ChatGPT what is the formula for Work Done in an enclosed system expressed as a triple integral?"

"42"

"Ok cool ty."

Not anymore since it's spreading news instead of remaining on YouTube

Its been quite a while since I've taken a proctored exam, but then all the proctors would clear all the memory on your calc before they'd let you use it for test. Is that not the case anymore?

Sounds fake but okay.

Yeah, nobody in class is going to suspect the kid with the arduino-type science project mess of wires duct taped to their calculator.

For those too lazy to read, that's how this works. An external micro controller talks to the calc through the IO port, and does the Wifi stuff, acting as a middleman.

Edit: I did not see the video.

Bring your calculator to the Spanish exam. Trust me, this plan is flawless.

What would happen if now plug in another calculator? AFAIK that only a P2P connection and never meant for >2 parties.

This is cool stuff

Calculators have pretty minimal system resources. I sometimes run LLMs locally on my fairly powerful laptop and they run slowly. I can only imagine if you're in a classroom just staring at your calculator for many minutes at a time before answering your question would do the following: 1. Rouse suspicion pretty quickly. 2. If you were depending on it to answer more than one question, eat up most of the allotted time for an exam.

I don't think this is a real concern. I think it's just some CS student's idea of a fun project.

Hot stuff. I got to say, YouTube has some pretty interesting things.

Utilizing the tools available to you to solve problems is not cheating, its resourcefulness, and using your brain. Which is of course frowned upon in schools that exist to churn out mindless drones for corporate enslavement.

Better than plastic explosives and shrapnel.