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Teachers are using software to catch AI. What happens when it's wrong?www.npr.org/2025/12/16/nx-s1-5492397/ai-schools-teachers-students

255 sats \ 6 comments \ @winteryeti 18 Dec AI

AI screeners are notorious for false positives. Professional writers ran into them early in 2024 as flagging suddenly ruined careers with clients. Now, teachers looking for quick solutions to grading are using them. More cases of incorrect applications are the result of relying to heavily on them instead of being teachers and actually reading student submittals.

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88 sats \ 5 replies \ @gmd 18 Dec

Teachers aren't paid enough to police this stuff. Easier to look the other way and have a super high threshold before making any accusation. The stress and drama of a false accusation is just not worth it.

134 sats \ 4 replies \ @SimpleStacker 18 Dec

indeed. It is not worth policing. Pretty much impossible to police anyway.

I have a few principles though that i think make sense.

You're allowed to use AI, but you're responsible for understanding and being able to explain everything that you submit.
If it looks like you used AI without understanding, I reserve the right to assess your understanding with an in-person oral assessment. If you cannot demonstrate a level of understanding consistent with your submitted work, you may receive a penalty on the assignment.
On written assignments, I reserve the right to penalize you for sounding too much like AI. If you disagree with my assessment that your work sounds too much like AI, you may request to demonstrate your understanding of the material through an in-person oral assessment. If I am satisfied that you have an understanding of the material which is consistent with the submitted work, I will remove the penalty.

So, with these rules, I don't have to use an AI checker. I just penalize if they sound too much like AI. (I'm usually pretty lenient on this.) If they want to appeal, they can do so in-person. No one has ever taken me up on this, because when I penalize them for using AI i'm almost always right.

21 sats \ 2 replies \ @winteryeti OP 18 Dec

This is a much better way to teach. AI use is rampant in IT training, but your approach forces students to know what they are talking about. You can only cheat for so long before getting caught by not knowing the fundamentals.

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 18 Dec

it's the most realistic approach too.

Your boss doesn't care if you use AI. But they sure as hell care if you have no idea what the AI is talking about and submit the work anyway.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 18 Dec

My boss wants me to use AI 🤦

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @gmd 18 Dec

Thank you for being a teacher!