Creator of AI cheating tool says that technical job interviews for engineers are over, everyone will cheat
A month ago, a student at Columbia University made headlines, but for all the wrong reasons. Chungin "Roy" Lee was expelled from university and had his internships with Meta, Amazon, and TikTok revoked. The reason: he created an app, called Cluely, that helps engineers cheat in interviews. The story began when Lee posted a video on YouTube, showing off this app and how it works. While creating a viral app is a significant achievement, Lee landed on a disciplinary hearing. But this did not stop him from working on the app and making it even better. In his defence, he believes cheating with AI is the only fair way into the industry now.advertisementIn a recent interview with Business Insider, Lee stated, 'We say 'cheat on everything' because, ironically, we believe this is the only path towards a future that is truly fair." The statement gives birth to several ethical questions. One such question that is stuck in my mind is: if AI is the future and "cheating is the only way", is it even fair?
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Lee says cheating will soon be standard practiceOnce known for creating software designed to assist job applicants in passing coding assessments using AI prompts, Lee has now expanded his ambitions. His company Cluely is positioned as an all-purpose tool that assists users during live conversations, from job interviews to first dates — even claiming to offer "cheating for literally everything."advertisement
'There's a very, very scary and quickly growing gap between people who use AI and people who moralise against it,' Lee said in an email to Business Insider. 'And that gap compounds: in productivity, education, opportunity, and wealth.'Lee believes that what's seen today as cheating will soon be standard practice. In another interview, he stated that once everyone begins relying on AI to navigate meetings, it will no longer be considered cheating — it will simply become the standard way people function and think moving forward.He predicts traditional interviews will become obsolete, replaced by AI-generated candidate profiles. These systems, he says, will analyse work history, skills, and compatibility to match candidates to jobs — leaving just a brief conversation to determine 'culture fit.''I already know all the work you've done, or at least the AI already knows the work you've done,' Lee told Business Insider. 'It knows how good it is. It knows what skills you're good at, and if there is a skill match, then I should just be able to match you directly to the job.'Lee reveals Cluely's hiring processCluely's own hiring process reflects this shift, with interviews reportedly replaced by informal chats. He said that since the company is not a believer of old-style interviews, it only aims to hold a conversation with the candidate. 'We check if you're a culture fit, we talk about past work you've done, and that's pretty much it," he added.advertisementBeyond the hiring process, Lee believes AI will fundamentally reshape the way people think, communicate and interact. In a new video, posted on EO YouTube channel, he said, "The entire way we're going to think will be changed."He added, 'Every single one of my thoughts is formulated by the information I have at this moment. But what happens when that information I have isn't just what's in my brain, but it's everything that humanity has ever collected and put online, ever?'He imagines a future where AI provides real-time summaries of people's lives, scraping digital footprints to give users condensed insights during interactions. 'What happens when AI literally helps me think in real time?' he asked. 'The entire way that humans will interact with each other, with the world, all of our thoughts will be changed.'Cluely, Lee says, is aimed at preparing people for this inevitable shift. 'The rate of societal progression will just expand and exponentiate significantly once everyone gets along to the fact that we're all using AI now,' he said.advertisementFor Lee, the divide between those who embrace AI and those who resist it will only grow. 'Mass adoption of AI is the only way to prevent the universe of the pro-AI class completely dominating the anti-AI class in every measurable and immeasurable outcome there is,' he told Business Insider.Whether society accepts this vision or not, Lee is adamant: the AI revolution is already here, and it's time to keep up or be left behind.
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