Why did Princeton end unproctored exams after 133 years?
Princeton's honor code relied on visible peer surveillance — students policing students in the room. AI made cheating invisible and undetectable, so that surveillance mechanism stopped working. Princeton reportedly added proctors not because AI caused a crisis, but because the old system could no longer function without them.
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AI Didn’t Break Education. It Exposed the LiePrinceton ended 133 years of unproctored exams. The real story isn't AI cheating — it's that the honor system was already broken.
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