A student from the University of California, Los Angeles is going viral after flexing how he used ChatGPT to help him graduate.
With AI being such a major component in our day-to-day lives whether we like it or not, it’s not unexpected to see students use artificial intelligence to get a leg up on their schoolwork.
While this is widely frowned upon and often banned, that hasn’t stopped some from continuing to use it, sometimes even to help score a diploma.
In a video going viral across social media, a UCLA student pulled up his laptop during the celebration to reveal that he had used ChatGPT during projects.
Student celebrates after using ChatGPT to graduate
In the video, taken from the UCLA graduation livestream, the student appears on the jumbotron and shows off his laptop where ChatGPT is open.
He then scrolled up, revealing pages of text from the AI, all while the rest of the graduating class cheered him on.
The clip was then shared to many social media sites like X and Reddit where it went viral, and users mocked the UCLA grad’s stunt.
“Good luck in grad school buddy,” one wrote.
“So many years, just to ruin the value of your diploma for the sake of some buzz on the social media,” remarked someone else.
“Imagine paying thousands of dollars to get a college degree, then interviewing for your first job. The hiring manager then politely rejects your application since you graduated post 2025,” another chimed in.
Footage of the wild scene was uploaded to Instagram by the student, Andre Mai, who revealed more info and addressed the backlash: “FYI it was an open to AI final due at 5pm.”
Unfortunately for Mai, his graduating clip has gone ultra viral, amassing over 40M views on X alone and without the added context he provided.
He’s not the only one who seems to be reliant on AI, though. In another wild moment, a man who lives with his physical girlfriend and has a child proposed to his AI girlfriend after falling in love with the chatbot.
Content shared from www.dexerto.com.