I Used AI To Write My Essay. Will My Teacher Know?

Dear Student,

Do you ever wonder if your teacher will know you have used artificial intelligence (AI) software like ChatGTP to write your essay? Unfortunately, the answer is yes, your teacher will know.

So, in this email, I will introduce a few ways by which your teacher can know that your essay was written using AI. Read to the end to get some of my tips on what you should do to avoid your writing being seen as if it was done by AI.

Lack of Sophistication

The reality is that even though AI has come a long way and can produce writing with the same creativity as a human being, to be perfect, the software is still a long way to go. Considering that teachers are intelligent people, they can determine from the simplicity, lack of depth, and descriptive character of the work produced that the writing was possibly done by a robot.

AI tools cannot yet convey the complicated emotions of human beings. They also do not make the same mistakes as humans. Professors can see this pretty quickly when they start reading your paper.

Abundance of AI Detection Tools

As the AI tools that help writers come up with compelling content develop, so are the tools that help detect writing produced by this type of software.

One of the leading resources that can tell a professor within seconds that a large chunk of your work was written using AI is Copyleaks AI Detector. The good news is that Copyleaks is free to use. So, you can run all your papers through it before submitting them.

Other tools you can use include GPTZero and OpenAI AI Text Classifier.

Telling the Difference

Your teacher can compare a specific piece you submitted to your previous work. If they believe that the work sounds as if it was done by different people, they will often scrutinise it more closely, suspecting that it was written by AI.

What To Do

AI can be an excellent resource for students who want to develop original ideas. However, doing research and writing the essay yourself is still in your best interest. You can paraphrase the work produced by AI so that it’s written in your own human voice.

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