As the College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) approaches on the 19th, controversy over cheating using artificial intelligence (AI) smart glasses has resurfaced a scene from the past MBC variety show "Infinite Challenge."
Recently, posts titled "Infinite Challenge predicted the glasses cheating incident" have spread across online communities and social media. The posts featured a scene from a previous episode of "Infinite Challenge" in which Yoo Jae-suk faced complaints from other members over his glasses.
At the time, the members raised concerns that it was an unfair advantage for only Yoo Jae-suk to wear glasses. After being prohibited from wearing them, Yoo Jae-suk responded by drawing glasses directly onto a poster. Seeing this, the members protested, saying, "That's cheating" and "Yoo Jae-suk is cheating," while Jung Joon-ha shouted, "You have to take off your glasses!" The broadcast also included a caption reading "Cheating by drawing on glasses."
Netizens reacted that the scene perfectly matched the recent situation in which cases of cheating using AI smart glasses at exam venues have been repeatedly detected.
Last month, examinees wearing or possessing smart glasses were caught during the essay exams at Yonsei University and the University of Seoul. Related cheating incidents were also confirmed in internal assessments at middle and high schools. According to a comprehensive survey conducted by the Ministry of Education across 5,679 middle and high schools nationwide, a total of four cases were detected this year: one in middle school and three in high school. The test scores of the students involved were all recorded as zero.
The Ministry of Education has designated smart glasses as prohibited items to be brought into exam venues for the 2027 academic year CSAT, which will be held on the 19th. Simply wearing them during the test will result in the invalidation of that exam and the revocation of eligibility to take the CSAT the following year.
Meanwhile, "Infinite Challenge" continues to be revisited whenever past broadcast scenes align with real-world events or social issues, even after its conclusion in 2018. This phenomenon has become a catchphrase known as "Infinite Challenge, which has it all."
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