Cardi B Gives Johns Hopkins Students A ChatGPT Reality Check
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Cardi B told Johns Hopkins University students to pass their classes without asking ChatGPT for the answers during her Hoptoberfest performance on Sunday, November 1.
“Y’all better pass y’all motherf–kin’ semester,” she told the crowd. “And don’t ask ChatGPT for the answer.”
The rapper took the stage after a last-minute headliner change. Daniel Caesar could no longer perform because of unspecified unforeseen circumstances.
Organizers HOP and LEED announced Cardi’s booking on October 31 and moved the concert from that night to Sunday at 8 p.m. at the Ralph S. O’Connor Center for Recreation & Well-Being.
The original show had sold out on October 21, with hundreds of students on the waitlist. Existing tickets remained valid after the switch. Caesar’s original booking had been announced on October 19, less than two weeks before students learned Cardi would take over.
“When they switched it to Cardi B, I was a little surprised and honestly thought it was fake,” student Bhavya Guru told The Johns Hopkins News-Letter.
As AllHipHop previously reported, the free concert continued a campus tradition that began in 2013. Past Hoptoberfest performers included Khalid in 2025, Rick Ross in 2023 and Desiigner in 2022.
Her campus remarks also followed an earlier complaint about AI content reaching her relatives. In a February 4 post on X, Cardi wrote, “Free my older family members from facebook Ai.”
At Johns Hopkins, one program has already laid out how AI can fit into schoolwork. The Engineering for Professionals program’s student guidance gives instructors several choices about what to allow in class.
The program describes courses that ban AI, courses that allow limited use with disclosure and courses that allow wider use with transparency. Students still have to answer for their own work. That includes checking AI output for errors and bias.
They may also have to say how they used the tools.
That guidance governs the Engineering for Professionals program, where acceptable AI use can vary by course and assignment. Students who do not know what an assignment allows are told to ask their instructor.
“Treat GenAI as a learning partner, not an authority,” the program advises.
