The Atlantic publishes account of faculty's AI-detection struggles
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Will Oremus's Atlantic piece details Turnitin's roughly 15 percent false-negative and under-1-percent false-positive rates, the MIT report, and professors' conflicted, overwhelmed response to AI detection tools.
“I think most faculty feel entirely overwhelmed by this. It's a mess.”
Marc Watkins
Timothy PaustianBiology professor, University of Wisconsin–MadisonMarc WatkinsLecturer, University of Mississippi, studies AI in educationAnnie ChechitelliChief product officer, TurnitinMIT working groupAuthor of an influential report on AI in educationPangramAI-detection tool maker
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