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SYFROYH

(34,127 posts)
11. Unfortunately, the data show that most college students cheat at least once.
Sat Mar 18, 2023, 05:20 PM
Mar 2023

It's not ideal, but it is happening, and they get jobs.

I think academia has yet to come to terms with AI-produced work.


How did you id it as AI? SheltieLover Mar 2023 #1
There are several AI detectors you can run the text through. Coventina Mar 2023 #2
Very interesting. I have a feeling that going forward, it's going to be a case of cat and mouse... Hekate Mar 2023 #10
That's the part I don't get. How much effort to cheat vs. just doing the work? Coventina Mar 2023 #17
I doubt that getting an AI to write your paper is hard work. nt pnwmom Mar 2023 #51
This message was self-deleted by its author NullTuples Mar 2023 #64
The students won't work hard to cheat. The AI developers will work hard to make cheating harder... Silent3 Mar 2023 #91
A student wwould just have to modify the text and run it through the AI detectors DBoon Mar 2023 #111
And so exhausting and frustrating for teachers PatSeg Mar 2023 #113
I didn't realize detectors existed. SheltieLover Mar 2023 #20
They can't even cheat well. ZonkerHarris Mar 2023 #86
I think there are already methods to get around these detectors. honest.abe Mar 2023 #103
I know you'll be careful with wryter2000 Mar 2023 #114
Don't worry. ChaptGPT will get better and you'll never catch a student cheating again SYFROYH Mar 2023 #3
Not funny. Coventina Mar 2023 #5
Unfortunately, the data show that most college students cheat at least once. SYFROYH Mar 2023 #11
Depressing that most humans have such shitty ethics. Coventina Mar 2023 #15
Ty for the work you dom SheltieLover Mar 2023 #21
FREE PUPPIES, FREE KITTENS. That's the reason I hate my species. japple Mar 2023 #44
This. It also says the student thinks they don't actually need to learn the Scrivener7 Mar 2023 #115
I don't know why they bother. DFW Mar 2023 #71
Cork is smart enough to hang out with wine. Prairie_Seagull Mar 2023 #107
Or a medical doctor Rebl2 Mar 2023 #37
I wrote lots of papers mgardener Mar 2023 #61
Although you make a very strong case... lame54 Mar 2023 #80
ChatGPT-4 can pass law & med exams with high marks.... CousinIT Mar 2023 #83
there will be more tools to detect AI content RussBLib Mar 2023 #7
AI content at DU? Basically, next-level trolls and troll-farms. Question is, how do we detect it? Hekate Mar 2023 #16
True. And it'll take more and more of our time to catch the lies. groundloop Mar 2023 #69
as post 7 says NJCher Mar 2023 #95
This already the case with 4.0 FreeState Mar 2023 #57
Ding ding ding give the man a cigar dwayneb Mar 2023 #101
I went to Sweet Briar College in the 70s. no_hypocrisy Mar 2023 #4
common knowledge doesn't NJCher Mar 2023 #93
I was extra vigilant. no_hypocrisy Mar 2023 #99
I understand NJCher Mar 2023 #100
What clues did you have and what protection is there for you, the teacher? Hekate Mar 2023 #6
A very low performing student turned in a paper that was way too sophisticated Coventina Mar 2023 #8
Your problem will be when students start off by doing that dsc Mar 2023 #12
at the beginning of every class NJCher Mar 2023 #94
I think there's gonna have to be Elessar Zappa Mar 2023 #9
So do we just give up on teaching how to communicate in writing from here on out? Coventina Mar 2023 #13
Important production will have to be done... LakeVermilion Mar 2023 #22
Absolutely not! SheltieLover Mar 2023 #23
Right Rebl2 Mar 2023 #41
yes. edisdead Mar 2023 #33
That's not what employers tell us. n/t Coventina Mar 2023 #42
Which employers? edisdead Mar 2023 #43
73% of Employers Look for Writing as a Top Skill in the Workplace Coventina Mar 2023 #48
Sure. edisdead Mar 2023 #52
Posting a link to back up what I said is not going for the jugular. Coventina Mar 2023 #56
Also contenthacker... edisdead Mar 2023 #53
OK, if Contenthacker isn't to your taste, here is INC. Magazine: Coventina Mar 2023 #58
Thank you Hekate Mar 2023 #87
Wow. ShazzieB Mar 2023 #47
Post removed Post removed Mar 2023 #49
Not going to waste my time. ShazzieB Mar 2023 #54
Where did I say it is fine? edisdead Mar 2023 #55
spelling errors in your posts o btw (or what are "wringing skills" ? )nt orleans Mar 2023 #98
Probably a good idea to have them turn in not just the final product, but intermediate work as well Salviati Mar 2023 #81
There is always a pen and paper. Or a manual typewriter. JanMichael Mar 2023 #90
Better start teaching cursive first or use air gapped computers without spellcheck. Prairie_Seagull Mar 2023 #109
Maybe Rebl2 Mar 2023 #40
Seems Inevitable ProfessorGAC Mar 2023 #14
I'm guessing that AI can help with analyzing new data and drawing conclusions. erronis Mar 2023 #36
You Will Become One With The Borg! ProfessorGAC Mar 2023 #38
Fantastic post. edisdead Mar 2023 #45
Thank you. I don't often get a positive review. erronis Mar 2023 #70
Glad I'm retired. badhair77 Mar 2023 #18
Possibly, have the student recite the essay from memory Tetrachloride Mar 2023 #19
How do you know it was ai? Meowmee Mar 2023 #24
I ran the text through several AI detectors, and they all said "This is AI" Coventina Mar 2023 #25
Those are the detectors? Meowmee Mar 2023 #27
Yes and yes. Coventina Mar 2023 #29
Yeah it sucks Meowmee Mar 2023 #31
OP replied to that query. Replies #2 & 8 nt Nittersing Mar 2023 #26
Thanks Meowmee Mar 2023 #28
I asked a friend who owns an ad/marketing agency if they used chatGPT Poiuyt Mar 2023 #30
My first quarter teaching in grad school, I had a student plagiarize tishaLA Mar 2023 #32
'satiety' is famously used in another very well-known poem, To a Skylark, by Percy Bysshe Shelley Celerity Mar 2023 #59
Many years ago, when I was a freshman in college, a friend of mine got caught plagiarizing. Midwestern Democrat Mar 2023 #96
They cheat Rebl2 Mar 2023 #34
I cheated on a HS Spanish quiz once. I got caught of course Bristlecone Mar 2023 #35
I taught a couple of college courses for a number of years Ocelot II Mar 2023 #39
You should create a student named AI ... aggiesal Mar 2023 #46
I like this idea!!! Coventina Mar 2023 #50
+100 nt reACTIONary Mar 2023 #67
Everybody cheats. Everybody. cachukis Mar 2023 #60
I feel you Traildogbob Mar 2023 #62
The best way to keep students from using cell phones ... aggiesal Mar 2023 #82
Today's faculty Traildogbob Mar 2023 #88
This offers a promising direction. Change the law so that certain... LAS14 Mar 2023 #89
I never cheated, either, I never had to Warpy Mar 2023 #63
We had a guy in high school that would try and copy everyone else's homework ... aggiesal Mar 2023 #84
Most of my college exams involved receiving blue notebooks grantcart Mar 2023 #65
One of my history midterms, moonscape Mar 2023 #79
It would be interesting to run it through chatGPT and ask it to reduce the reading level Renew Deal Mar 2023 #66
crucifixion, first offense. cab67 Mar 2023 #68
Do you ever see a point where it will be accepted, similar to a calculator in math class? Renew Deal Mar 2023 #102
For what? cab67 Mar 2023 #104
Graduation essay requirement oldfart73 Mar 2023 #72
Please define......".AI" for those who do not understand the term... Stuart G Mar 2023 #73
Artificial Intelligence. n/t Coventina Mar 2023 #74
That is the student did "NOT WRITE THE PAPER", .........THE COMPUTER WROTE IT Stuart G Mar 2023 #75
Exactly. n/t Coventina Mar 2023 #76
AI written material is easy to spot at this point. BannonsLiver Mar 2023 #77
If they are able to answer questions about what they wrote, then I'd let it go. eggplant Mar 2023 #78
Well, reading a book is certainly A LOT easier than writing one - and the same goes for term papers. Midwestern Democrat Mar 2023 #97
Are there policies around the use of AI that students are aware of? CousinIT Mar 2023 #85
Sounds a whole lot like plagiarism... BlueIdaho Mar 2023 #92
This incident begs the question... Pluvious Mar 2023 #105
This is the future SammySlytherin Mar 2023 #106
Not exactly. In this case, the students input would just be "Write a paper about physics" for exampl Oneironaut Mar 2023 #108
Papers will go the way of cursive handwriting and library book catalogs News Junkie Mar 2023 #110
Learning to write teaches you to think in a clear organized fashion DBoon Mar 2023 #112
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