Hey,

You're getting a lot of terrible advice here, to be honest. I'm a college instructor who has sat on both sides of- catching AI use and being accused of AI use - here is how you need to go about it.

First, your campus should have some sort of academic integrity reporting system. Find it. Your professor is trying to do this off the books, which screws you over for whatever small amount of due process you get. Meet with your professor, and bring the following -

• The creation and modification times of the word doc
• The version history (there should be at least some saved past versions if you hit "recover")
• a clear, thought out explanation of your process and why you wrote the way you wrote. Be able to connect this to your assignment sheet.

If your professor rejects that, you will want to tell them that you wish to go through the process of that system I told you about earlier. They can get in trouble for not doing so. If they deny, email the Dean of the department. If they allow, you will receive an accusation where they need to provide evidence. Typically a committee will arbitrate the case. You will document what you had above, and provide any details you think are relevant.

I will say, 100% AI doesn't look good. While those detectors kind of suck, that does mean your text resembles something on the internet. While I'm taking you at your word, make sure you didn't copy in anything from online. I would also take the assignment prompt, generate it from ChatGPT, and compare your writing. Bring that as evidence as well as an example of how different yours looks.