Post #2005445

2026-05-02 21:29 UTC

@markmetz @clew This whole problem with students using AI can be resolved by having them turn on version tracking as they work. I'm assuming they're using something like Microsoft Word which has the ability to periodically save documents. I think it would take more time to fake the creation of an original document than to actually create one.

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@wavefunction@mastodon.sdf.org 2026-05-04 16:44

@mlanger @markmetz @clew that's an invitation for spyware. Most "ai detector" systems do exactly that. You Must use their garbage tool to write the paper, you can't do speech to text, etc. God forbid you want to do nice typesetting. (I wrote a lot of my papers in TeX and pdf output them.)

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@chris_spackman@twit.social 2026-05-10 00:00

@mlanger@mastodon.world @markmetz@sfba.social @clew@ecoevo.social In k-12, chromebooks and Google Docs are common. Docs has version tracking, and teachers use it to check if students are pasting in large chunks of text. Some better-informed students are already adapting by typing in the text that the AI gives them, instead of pasting. Other students refuse to use any AI at all. AI doesn't have a good reputation with many students. AI detectors are too inaccurate. Teachers should work with students and have an idea of their voice.

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