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Their wordsIn this regard, AI is not so much the cause of the breakdown of the Honor Code as it is an accelerant of a culture shift that was already underway.
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When social norms break down, they have to be replaced with more rules, oversight and enforcement.
Their wordsAs I have written before, when “warm trust” — social norms — breaks down, you have to replace it with “cool trust” — more rules, more oversight, more enforcement. Basically, you need to add more refs to the game.
Their wordsThe erosion of honor as an internal moral constraint isn’t just a Princeton problem, it’s an America problem.
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