College student put on academic probation for using Grammarly: ‘AI violation’::Marley Stevens, a junior at the University of North Georgia, says she was wrongly accused of cheating.

  • Even_Adder@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    8 months ago

    You shouldn’t put too much stock in these detection tools. Not only do they not work, they flag non-native English speakers for cheating more than native speakers.

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      8 months ago

      they flag non-native English speakers for cheating more than native speakers.

      Yes, and for me as a former it’s absolutely clear why - because I’m doing the same thing as a generative model, imitating text in another language. Maybe with more practice in verbal communication and being more relaxed I could reduce this probability, but the thing is this is not something which should affect school tests at all.

      These are people trying to use a specific kind of tools where it’s fundamentally not applicable.