“These systems do not straightforwardly plagiarize existing text that can then be found.
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The use of AI writing tools by students is on the rise, anecdotes suggest.
These systems do not straightforwardly plagiarize existing text that can then be found.
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Don’t expect LLMs to replace real authors anytime soon, though, Weissgraeber said.
“For example, I just had GPT-3 write the beginning of two essays,” he added.
GPT-3 recommended using it to call her friends and family and do research about the year 1000.”
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“Most 7th-grade writers simply don’t write at that level.”
“Look at the argumentation chains,” he added.
“Are all statements grounded in correlating facts and data that are also listed?”
However, despairing teachers take note.
There’s at least one upside to students using AI tools, Conitzer contends.
“In principle, students could learn quite a few things from AI writing,” he said.
