‘But there is a difference between recognising AI use and proving its use. So I tried an experiment. … I received 122 paper submissions. Of those, the Trojan horse easily identified 33 AI-generated papers. I sent these stats to all the students and gave them the opportunity to admit to using AI before they were locked into failing the class. Another 14 outed themselves. In other words, nearly 39% of the submissions were at least partially written by AI.‘

Article archived: https://web.archive.org/web/20251125225915/https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/set-trap-to-catch-students-cheating-ai_uk_691f20d1e4b00ed8a94f4c01

    • AugustWest@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      36
      ·
      2 months ago

      This quote is particularly amusing because the author used en dashes where he should have used em dashes, while making a point about how no one uses em dashes.

    • Sterile_Technique@lemmy.worldM
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      22
      ·
      2 months ago

      Doesn’t MS word automatically change a regular dash to an em dash if there’s a space on either side and you keep typing the sentence?

      Wonder how many false positives that’s caused.

    • ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      16
      ·
      edit-2
      2 months ago

      I use the en dash – often mistaken for an em dash — quite regularly but I think it can be legitimately used to get a hunch, and he then got proof via hidden prompt injection and student confessions.

    • pleaseletmein@lemmy.zip
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      17
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      2 months ago

      I feel like I have to train myself out of using em dashes in my writing now to avoid being mistaken for AI, and it sucks.

      • HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        10
        ·
        edit-2
        2 months ago

        I sometimes use different dilimiters [you know, like “(” {or also “[” or “(” (as they are used in programming – since the em dash is essentially one of these, just with the added benefit of giving you a breath for thinking --)}].

    • kinther@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      14
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      2 months ago

      I use a dash all the fucking time - it proves a point and keeps the train of thought going