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Do AI detectors work? Students face false cheating accusations

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427 points JumpCrisscross | 2 comments | 20 Oct 24 17:26 UTC | HN request time: 0.384s | source
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rowanG077 ◴[20 Oct 24 18:16 UTC] No.41897344[source]▶
This has nothing to do with AI, but rather about proof. If a teacher said to a student you cheated and the student disputes it. Then in front of the dean or whatever the teacher can produce no proof of course the student would be absolved. Why is some random tool (AI or not) saying they cheated without proof suddenly taken as truth?
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happymellon ◴[20 Oct 24 18:48 UTC] No.41897586[source]▶
Unfortunately with AI, AI detection, and schools its all rather Judge Dredd.

They issue the claim, the judgement and the penalty. And there is nothing you can do about it.

Why? Because they *are* the law.

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borski ◴[20 Oct 24 19:09 UTC] No.41897733[source]▶
That’s not even remotely true. You can raise it with the local board of education. You can sue the board and/or the school.

You can sue the university, and likely even win.

They literally are not the law, and that is why you can take them to court.

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1. zo1 ◴[20 Oct 24 19:25 UTC] No.41897837[source]▶
That could take months of nervous waiting and who-knows how many wasted hours researching, talking and writing letters. The same reason most people don't return a broken $11 pot, it's cheaper and easier to just adapt and move around the problem (get a new pot) rather than fixing it by returning and "fighting" for a refund.
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2. borski ◴[20 Oct 24 19:27 UTC] No.41897851[source]▶
I agree; I am not saying I am glad this is happening. I am saying it is untrue that universities “are the law.”

They’re not. That doesn’t make it less stressful, annoying, or unnecessary to fight them.