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by jimbob45 153 days ago
If I get AI to generate an essay and rewrite every word with my own whilst keeping the same general meaning of the original text, surely there’s no reasonable way to detect that, right?

I mean, the solution is just in-class-only essays, right? Or to stop with the weird obsession with testing and just focus on actually teaching.

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There will be because over time the lazy and passive copying will itself become lazy and bring in more of the ai patterns.

The better way to use ai is to get it to teach you to write the essay better and faster each time so it remains your voice and starts with how you write already and develop it from there.

Everyone generally speaks and writes different enough like a gait. Ai erases that both directly and indirectly.

People who think they’re clever with ai but won’t spend time developing any actual skills will always get exposed eventually.

Colleges are introducing rules that if they can detect AI after you graduate they will cancel your degree. Fun watches on YouTube showing it.

Have fun!

Just don't grade essay? Make it clear that eassy are optional and not required to get a grade, but it's a good way to learn. That will cut down the amount of work to be done too.

They failing exams because they don't do the work is on them.