22 Million Student Essays Show Signs of AI Generation, and Professors Aren’t Helping Curb the Trend — Minding The Campus

22 Million Student Essays Show Signs of AI Generation, and Professors Aren’t Helping Curb the Trend — Minding The Campus

When ChatGPT was first released during my freshman year of college at Emory Univeristy, I thought my peers would avoid it for fear of being accused of plagiarism, especially given my school’s strict policy against it. I was wrong. Faced with the challenge of balancing stressful courses, demanding extracurriculars, and, for some, part-time jobs, “Just use ChatGPT!” became a common phrase heard around campus.

I distinctly remember peer-reviewing a classmate’s essay last…

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