Comment Re:The whole point of university is HI (Score 1) 102
A friend of mine who teaches at a local uni noticed a few other lecturers trying this approach with "AI detectors". Knowing that they are somewhat unreliable he intervened and they came up with a fairly good approach.
Essentially, using a pair of them, and if BOTH claim its a plagarized or AI written essay, then the student is invited to do a "defence" of the essay. Essentially they are interogated on the subject of the essay. If they understood and can demonstate they have the knowledge to write that essay, its probably human written. If they can't, they have to resubmit.
This seems like a fair protocol, and theres an understanding that the lecturer will try and apply a little bit of empathy and people-sense, and if its obvious the machine is victimizing people, the plan is to just drop the protocol altogether and get rid of the detectors.
Personally I think the detectors are snake oil and it might be time to think up a new approach to grading for an era in which computer assisted writing isn't necessarily going to go away any time soon.