Do AI detectors work? Students face false cheating accusations

My daughter was accused of turning in an essay written by AI because the school software at her online school said so. Her mom watched her write the essay. I thought it was common knowledge that it was impossible to tell whether text was generated by AI. Evidently, the software vendors are either ignorant or are lying, and school administrators are believing them.

Imagine how little common knowledge there will be one or two generations down the road after people decide they no longer need general thinking skills, just as they've already decided calculators free them from having to care about arithmetic skills.

We don't learn directions now: we use GPS.

We don't do calculations: computers do it for us.

We don't accumulate knowledge: we trust Google to give us the information when needed.

Everything in a small package everyone can wear all day long. We're at the second step of transhumanism.

At least the first 2 are far more accurate than humans ever could be. The third, i.e. trusting others to vet and find the correct information, is the problem.