AI Literacy for Campus

Many educators don't support the use of AI writing detectors

These detectors result in both false negatives and false positives, which can result in tagging a student paper as written by AI when it wasn't.

In addition, if your native language isn't English, these tools will often tag your writing as written by AI. See GPT detectors are biased against non-native English writers - Weixin Liang, et al.

More information

• Nobody wins in a academic integrity arms race - The Chronicle of Higher Ed
• Making ChatGPT detectors part of our education system prioritizes surveillance over trust - George Veletsianos, professor of education at Royal Roads University
• What to do if you are falsely accused of cheating with AI - Dr. Lydon Walker, YouTube
• Vanderbilt University's Guidance on AI Detection and Why We’re Disabling Turnitin’s AI Detector

Instructors are creating classroom policies on the use of generative AI.

As AI tools become increasingly available and sophisticated, it is essential for all faculty to give students clear expectations for how students can or cannot use AI tools in each course. The absence of guidelines for AI usage in a course will likely be seen by students as authorization of their use.  

The student handbook at Connecticut College includes additional language in the Academic Dishonesty policies regarding unauthorized use of AI tools. 

Learn more at the AI@Conn Faculty & Staff course > AI Detection Tools.