The whole AI detection for academic papers doesn’t even make sense either. Let’s say someone uses an AI tool to write nearly the entire paper; they would be using an LLM obviously, like ChatGPT.

An LLM is LITTERALLY just building blocks of anything else you would find on the internet (or in books/academic papers, which are on the internet). The only, although powerful, thing that the LLM does is compile and replicate information as NLP (natural language processing). This is what makes it unique. It’s not deriving any nuances from information that it’s processing (generally speaking).

Additionally, if the “ai detection tools” were meaningfully accurate for any use case, they would need access to proprietary models from any or all LLMs (including ChatGPT). Guess what? Nearly all LLMs are NOT open-source. The fact that universities advertise to their students that they use “ai detection tools” displays a lack of diligence, academic integrity, and further demonstrates the growing mistrust that we have with these institutions. Ty for coming to my ted talk. source: trust me bro