ARE YOU GEORGE SANTOS 2.0? CHATGPT EXACERBATES DISHONEST CULTURE

WHEN NEWS BROKE THAT Congressman George Santos of Long Island had fabricated his resume and work experience during his campaign for office, the story took Americans by surprise. Many were shocked that Santos was able to get away with such egregious deceits.

I was less surprised. To me, Santos’s lies were just a larger version of cheating that is happening all over our country in high school classrooms.

cheat on exams in high school are three times more likely to lie to a customer or inflate an insurance claim than their peers who did not cheat. Those who cheated in high school are also two times more likely to lie to their bosses, and one and a half times more likely to cheat on their taxes.

Recently, we have seen examples of particularly outrageous forms of dishonesty. Just a few weeks ago, Santos was sworn into office amid a growing list of his fabrications, exaggerations and outright lies regarding his education, work experience and much