AI’s Dirty Little Secret: Stanford Researchers Expose Flaws in Text Detectors
GPT detectors frequently misclassify articles written by non-native English speakers as AI-generated, posing risks in academic and professional settings.
Posted 9/4/2023, 3:10:57 AM
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A second-year undergraduate student, Hannah Ward, has used AI tools like Chat GPT to analyze 120 transcripts and generate 30 distinctive patterns and new insights, showcasing the potential of AI in revealing remarkable new information and aiding curious learning.
AI writing detectors cannot reliably distinguish between AI-generated and human-generated content, as acknowledged by OpenAI in a recent FAQ, leading to false positives when used for punishment in education.