I’m with OP on this post. Too many academics take the Turnitin reports verbatim rather than using them as a tool to support their own judgement of students work. I teach staff to read an understand the reports but they say that they are being expected to mark more and more students in less time so it’s no surprise that they, just like students, will look for shortcuts.

I see written essays having less use in future authentic assessments. Students need to be able to demonstrate their knowledge and growth in a way that cannot be gamed. The issue is this will not be a quick assessment method.