Giving University Exams in the Age of Chatbots

How I managed to give an exam while giving the students the choice to use a chatbot or not.

And what I learned in the process.

https://ploum.net/2026-01-19-exam-with-chatbots.html

Het Nederlandse digitale beleid dreigt de verkeerde kant op te gaan. Het huidige vertrekpunt is eendimensionaal, met teveel focus op ‘het aanjagen van AI’ en te weinig aandacht voor de ontwrichtende maatschappelijke impact.

De AI-economie moet in dienst staan van de Nederlandse maatschappij, niet andersom.

Marleen Stikker, Roel Dobbe en Daniel Mügge leggen uit hoe en vatten hun adviezen samen in een aantal speerpunten voor de formatie.

👉 Lees meer: https://waag.org/nl/article/verantwoorde-en-duurzame-digitalisering-plaats-van-nauwe-ai-focus/

My colleague Ju5tu5 created an extra theme for the The Web You Want website. A chance of one in three that you’ll see it.

☞ https://the-web-you-want.org/

Ik kom nog best veel mensen tegen die niet weten dat morgen de #klimaatmars is. En het KNMI denkt dat het droog blijft!

Zondag 13:00 uur Malieveld Den Haag https://klimaatmars.nl/

Bad UX World Cup is a contest, to make the worst date picker, ever. I love it.
Some of those examples are pure evil, muuhahaa. The memory game, haaa, pure evil I said!

https://badux.lol/

OpenAI's Sora 2 openly features copyright infringing content, including numerous AI-generated clips of SpongeBob, Pikachu, and Mario (Jason Koebler/404 Media)

https://www.404media.co/openais-sora-2-copyright-infringement-machine-features-nazi-spongebobs-and-criminal-pikachus/
http://www.techmeme.com/251001/p48#a251001p48

Let me tell you The Tale of the Label Printer:

So I had a large order to pack at work, 35 boxes. All goes well, finish packing, get someone to double check the box count for me (not required, but I like to be sure I haven't miscounted); nope all good, run the order through the computer and tell it to print out the labels.

35 Boxes means 70 labels: 35 shipping labels, and 35 routing labels. Printer starts printing out the shipping labels first as usual; 1 of 35, 2 of 35... I lean against the bench and have a drink. This is going to take a while.

Once I see shipping label 35 of 35 come out, I tear it off, and let the printer work on the routing labels while I start labelling boxes. 1, 2, 3... and so on till I get to the second-last box and stick label 35 on it.

Hmm, I'm a label short.

Recount the boxes just to be sure, yep, definitely 35, and that was label 35 of 35 so I must have messed something up.

Check over the boxes to see if I've accidentally put 2 labels on one. Nope, everything has one label, so I'm missing a label somehow.

Check the label backing paper, just in case I skipped one. Nope, all used. Check there's no label stuck to my leg or arm or something. Nope. Wander over to my neighbour at the next packing bench, "hey, weird question: I don't have a shipping label stuck to my back or something do I?" "... no?" "Ok, thanks, I'm just missing one."

By now the routing labels have finished printing, so I figure I'll just start putting them on boxes, maybe that'll uncover something? Ok, start labelling, matching the numbers of the two label types (not required, but I figure it's worth it to see what's happening in this case), 1 of 35 to 1 of 35, 2 to 2, 3 to 3... 16 to 16, 17 to 17, 18 to... where is shipping label 18?

Oh well, stick routing label 18 on the box with no labels, then put that box to the side and keep going; 19 through 35 go as expected. But there is most decidedly no shipping label 18 of 35.

It did print 35 labels, right?

Take out the backing paper and start counting perforations... it printed 34 shipping labels, 1-17 and 19-35. There is no shipping label 18.

Mention this to my neighbour, who comes over, looks at the box with only a routing label but no shipping label, also counts the perforations of the backing paper, 34 labels, and declares "that's _weird_." We turn the printer off and on again (because of course) just on the off chance it might suddenly decide to print shipping label 18. It does not.

"That's _weird_" my neighbour reaffirms, and wanders off back to her own desk as I spot a team lead walking by and wave him over.

"So..." I explain the situation, show him the boxes with every label except shipping label 18, and the fact there's only 34 empty backing sheets. He turns to the computer, goes into the system and checks I did give the correct number of boxes, it did tell the printer to print 35 of each label, and the printer claimed to have printed them all. Yes, yes, and yes. He frowns, "that's weird." He comments.

"Right?" Adds my neighbour from her own bench.

I'm told to get Jenna to take a look, she's the manager, she'll be able to sort it out!

Random fun fact: The new girl who started today, who's name I don't know yet, looks _exactly_ like Jenna from behind. Same braids and everything; it's uncanny.

Anyway, I find Jenna, "So, I have the weirdest problem..." I proceed to explain the whole thing, and she nods. "Yeah that can happen, glitchy old software, I'll just reprint the labels. You can use number 18, and I'll cancel the rest."

Awesome. She does her thing, printer starts printing out labels, and we spend a couple of minutes discussing random things like the new girl's braids till the printer stops. Then flick through the freshly printed labels to grab the one we need... 16, 17, 19...

There is no label 18. Again.

"Huh, that's weird." Jenna comments, then turns the printer off and on again (because why not?) and decides to try again. 1, 2... 16, 17, 19... printer jams halfway through 19 (there is no 18 of course) as the roll of blank labels is now empty.

Cue discovering that everyone's box of spare label rolls is empty, so we have to get a pallet down from bulk.

Eventually we get a new roll in the printer, and it starts up again, printing label 19. Still no 18.

Jenna and I share A Look, there is a very clear yet silent "What The Fuck?" passed between us.

So, after additional poking at the computer, at the printer (at one point it decides to start printing halfway up the label, so that each sticker has half of two labels printed on it), and just at existence in general, it finally prints shipping label 18.

"Quick! Grab it before it vanishes!" Is Jenna's final comment, before she wanders off to the office, a tail of duplicate to-be-cancelled labels trailing behind her.

The labels are self adhesive, but I added tape just to be sure it didn't make a run for it.