r/AskTechnology • u/FemboySlovakia • 1d ago

unlimited AI but no AI

So my uni gave all students infinite tokens on any AI of our choosing as an incentive to get us to use it and learn about proper prompting. I however don't really use AI nor do I trust it's answers. HOWEVER it would be a waste as a broke collage student not to use everything that's available to me so how can I incorporate AI to my student life.

Bonus question, If someone had a grudge on the uni wouldn't this be a great opportunity to cost it some money? Like tokes aren't cheap and I don't think they have a contract with every AI company for a discount.

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u/lurkonlydownvoteme 1d ago

Your university has not given students unlimited tokens

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u/FemboySlovakia 1d ago

It most definitely has. The semester has started only about a month ago so they probably haven't had the chance to see how abusable it could be but rn we have no limits

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u/drmcclassy 1d ago

My company gave us unlimited tokens until some people started burning through literally $100,000+ every month.

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u/PhotoFenix 1d ago

No, it hasn't. If they did they're about to lose millions in a day.

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u/_Trael_ 22h ago

Well at least if OP would be right (and honestly they might be right about what school is saying, school just is not right about what they are saying) and also they have not realized how exploitable it is, then OP might want to just simply sell unlimited tokens, considering it would be potentially easy million dollars per month side income..

But yeah I would not be surprised if some uni would actually full on advertise it as unlimited tokes to students, with staff saying it simply not knowing that it is definitely not unlimited tokens.

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u/The_Troyminator 9h ago

“unlimited tokes to students”

Now that is something I can get behind.

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u/Ap43x 1d ago

You could start by asking AI this question.

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u/FemboySlovakia 1d ago

I did but I also want some human input, yk some creativity not just a plain boring answer faighning a creative mind. And what better place for unhinged and unique inputs than Reddit ^

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u/The_Troyminator 9h ago

Tbf, most of the responses on Reddit will also be plain boring answers feigning creative minds.

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u/edave64 1d ago

Are they at least rate limited? Otherwise that sounds like a horrible idea.

Sounds like the first thing that would happen is someone starting a group-chat with hundreds of claude opus agents just talking to each other around the clock, burning tokens...

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u/FemboySlovakia 1d ago

No limits (at least non that I'm aware of maybe if someone abuses it they might send an email or something coz you have to use your school email to log in to prove that you are a student but I'm just guessing at this point)

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u/FemboySlovakia 1d ago

We even have access to chatgpt 6.1 (idk how good it is but I know it's new and chat is highly regarded imo)

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u/TheMidlander 1d ago

This would be a great opportunity for some testing and would produce results you can use to demonstrate exactly how trash these products can be.

It will take some work on your part, but I'll gladly offer some examples and be available for followup questions.

Select a long-ish paper of any kind. Essays and court documents work well for this, especially when their are nuanced. Run the essay through a clean context prompt, as in a new "chat" window with memory turned off. So this 20 times with the same document. The first thing you will notice is how far off some the results are. When you start to parse them yourself, take some notes. Note any details that are added that weren't in the original document. Note every time the bot conflates a minor point for a major point and vice versa. Hit me up privately and I'll share with you the guidelines I'm given as a tester as to what an error or hallucination is defined by the orgs making the LLM's.

Here is a super easy one. Go to the WA or NV supreme court website (they are the only states I know where it's easy to get directly and instantly) and download some cases. Run them through the bot and have it tell you the disposion type. Once you know what a disposion type is and where to find it, you will find it is incredibly easy to see for yourself as there is only about a dozen types and it's always noted in the same place. Run a bunch of cases through with the prompt to state the disposion type and see how often the bot fucks up the very, very easy task.

I did post training for a few of the big LLM players for the last 4 years. If you need help inducing hallucinations or coming up with tests, I'm happy to help expose the silicon snake oil.

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u/FemboySlovakia 1d ago

Uuuuu now this is an interesting idea I'll sleep on it but I just might try it. I have plenty of free time and no limits on the AI front so I really could do this tbh might even make a paper on this (don't really have a class I could use it in) but it would be nice to make some research that I might use in the future :3

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u/CisIowa 1d ago

Create a GitHub repo, and make folders from all your classes. Type up lecture notes and save on a daily basis. Then use that repo to quiz yourself over lecture notes. Let me know it goes.

I’d also include any articles, books, chapters read in conjunction with the class for that week.

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u/Traveling-Techie 19h ago

Ask for a strategy for making money in options at the Chicago Board of Trade.

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u/CaptainTime 2h ago

I am an AI and productivity trainer so here are some ideas how you can use AI beyond helping with your studies:

  1. Resumes: Have AI build multiple versions of your resume
  2. Networking: Use AI to help you optimize your LinkedIn profile and help you find online contacts that can help with your planned career
  3. Tools: I have used AI to create tools to help me in my work and life. Think habit trackers, note taking system, or anything else you might find helpful
  4. Coaching: Use AI as a coach for writing, studying, exam prep, career planning and your best course of study