> Do not look at other students’ homework files and do not work with other students. At all.

This is a horrific policy. We work better with other people.

When I studied computer science, other students came to me for help. I helped them. We discussed problems together. I saw their code. They saw mine. No one copied: we shared approaches and style and thinking. I shared how I solved things. They learned my thinking. By explaining, I understood what I knew better. Sometimes I learned from them: an idea I wouldn’t have had alone, a new direction. All of us were better off. This was across multiple people.

It was in no way discouraged and so long as you wrote your work — while asking others for help was fine — you were okay.

Humans learn through teaching. We learn through discussion. We learn through interaction. Solitude — ‘do not work with other students. At all’ — is the exact opposite of a healthy learning environment.

I don’t care what their artificial intelligence policy is. I cannot state strongly enough how much I revolt against their human intelligence policy.

As for the lecturer’s warnings in slides: that reads like a trap.