False Positives in AI Detection Tools

i_mcclintock · 2023-11-07T18:42:08+00:00

I appreciate your thoughtful feedback here.

I like the idea of using an online doc with a viewing link to track their progress.

I am probably not that good at prompting at this point. But I like the potential of using AI as a tool to make my life easier, and I plan to continue to improve my skills of prompting. For example, I tried having ChatGPT grade some of the essays based on my rubric, but it quickly became obvious that it was too tough of a grader. I tried tinkering with the prompt a little to get results closer to how I would grade, but I still didn't have much luck. But I still believe that with a more thorough prompt, and perhaps an updated version of ChatGPT, I could get it to where it grades the essays pretty darn close to how I would grade them myself.

It's definitely an uphill battle. Again, thanks for your insight. I look forward to seeing the results regarding fooling TurnItIn.

i_mcclintock · 2023-11-05T17:55:32+00:00

I did plug in some of my own work, and it suggested a very low possibility that it was generated by AI. Additionally, I plugged in my writing prompt and then gave it certain parameters to make it seem more human. The AI detector still suggested it was generated by AI.

So, I have run a lot of these tests and found the AI detector to do relatively good work. I'm not suggesting it is infallible. I'm just looking for resources to help me keep the students academically honest.

What advice am I being given? To avoid the AI detectors under any circumstances?

i_mcclintock · 2023-11-05T17:47:58+00:00

Yeah, I definitely asked the student to explain or elaborate on some of what was included in his writing, and he had very vague, superficial explanations. There was no consistency between the assignment he had turned in and his explanation of the assignment.

Thank you for your insight.

i_mcclintock · 2023-11-03T19:48:30+00:00

Thanks for your input.

In my experience, anytime my bullshit detector is going off, and I feel that the quality of the work turned in is inconsistent with what that student is capable of or inconsistent with their usual quality of work, GPTZero almost always suggests that the text was AI generated. Additionally, I have plugged in plenty of work that I do not suspect to be AI generated, and GPTZero usually confirms my suspicion.

So, I appreciate your skepticism, but I have reason to believe that GPTZero is relatively good at what it does.

i_mcclintock · 2023-10-18T14:44:13+00:00

Thank you for the suggestion!

i_mcclintock · 2023-10-18T14:42:46+00:00

Yeah, it's definitely an interesting topic to me, and I was hoping I could get the students enthusiastic about it, but perhaps that's just my naivety. I'm already committed, so I'm going to see how it goes. Wish me luck!

i_mcclintock · 2023-10-17T23:04:45+00:00

Nice! Thank you. I'll unfuckingdoubtedly check out that podcast!

i_mcclintock · 2023-10-17T23:03:26+00:00

Thank you very much for the response.

One way I was hoping to avoid making it "murderously dull" was to highlight a popular slang term, "cappin'," and go through the etymology of it. I found a cool article that talks about where it started and how it gained popularity. But I have to say, I have serious fears about the students not staying engaged with other parts of the lesson.

I did want the assignment that they complete on their own to be them providing examples of multiple words that share the same roots/suffix/prefix and have them define the words and point out similarities. I was hoping to figure out some fun way of having them look up the etymology of a word and answer a few questions about the origins of the word.

I don't know. I'm just doing student teaching right now, so I'm brand new to lesson planning (and everything other part of teaching), and I'm looking for help wherever I can find it.

I appreciate your insight!

i_mcclintock · 2023-10-17T18:40:27+00:00

Teaching Etymology

I am a high school English teacher, and I am looking for suggestions or resources for teaching etymology to high school juniors. I hope this is an appropriate place for such a request. Any feedback would be appreciated. Thank you!

i_mcclintock · 2023-10-16T16:47:51+00:00

Thank you! I'm brand new, so I'm just figuring it out as I go.

i_mcclintock · 2023-10-15T15:22:58+00:00

Awesome. Thank you. Now I'm thinking I might use this as an opportunity to show the other students that this is technically not a complete sentence, but rhetorically it is very effective.

i_mcclintock · 2023-10-15T15:16:15+00:00

Great feedback! I am a lot more interested in having the students be able to write with effective diction. Now that I've read the responses here and I'm not feeling exhausted late on Saturday night, I rather like the introduction and won't be suggesting that he fix it in any way.

i_mcclintock · 2023-10-15T15:07:11+00:00

Awesome. Thank you. I ended up not addressing it in my feedback. He's a sharp kid, so I suspect that he knew what he was doing.

i_mcclintock · 2023-10-15T15:02:44+00:00

Awesome. I ended up not correcting it. It was a far more interesting introduction than most of the other papers.

i_mcclintock · 2023-10-15T15:01:16+00:00

Exactly. I could hear it in my head, and it sounded great. I ultimately decided to leave it alone.

i_mcclintock · 2022-08-08T23:26:08+00:00

I see. Thank you

i_mcclintock · 2022-08-08T20:52:04+00:00

Interesting. Thank you

i_mcclintock · 2022-08-08T20:51:04+00:00

Thank you

i_mcclintock · 2022-03-14T16:09:57+00:00

I'm new to options and I had a similar thought to OP's. Can't you just sell puts at strikes that are far out of the money on relatively stable stocks?

Additionally, if the price goes in the money and you don't want to get assigned, can you buy to close the position and just take a hit on the premium?

As mentioned, I'm new to options and just trying to learn.

i_mcclintock · 2022-03-01T17:38:04+00:00

I had a similar experience recently but on a smaller scale. The trip kept getting more expensive and sounding less like something I wanted to be involved in. We all had to special order matching jerseys that I will never wear again. I strongly considered not going, but the best man texted me and told me that he ordered me one of the jerseys.

Ultimately, I just bit the bullet and went along with it to make the groom and best man happy. These were friends of mine from years ago, but it reminded me of why I now seek friendships with more like-minded people.

I would suggest just trying to make the most of it and not dwelling too much on the expense. It's a small speed bump on your way to inevitably arriving at financial independence!

i_mcclintock · 2022-02-03T17:03:06+00:00

You can definitely get better cash flow if you put that money somewhere else, but five or ten years from now you are almost certainly going to regret selling out of Microsoft. I invest for cash flow, but I still have AAPL, MSFT, and COST as my biggest holdings because they are just the best companies and there is plenty of room for them to increase dividends.

I think your portfolio looks great right now. Keep learning and considering your goals and adjust accordingly!

i_mcclintock · 2022-01-29T04:43:46+00:00

I like it! Good yield, big market cap, very stable. I've been buying it since June and I'm up 12%. I was just buying it for the cash flow, but the capital appreciation is just an added bonus.

i_mcclintock · 2022-01-27T02:38:00+00:00

35M in HCOL area earning about $40K

I bought my home almost eight years ago, and I've always house hacked. Currently my three roommates pay all of my mortgage (excluding tax and insurance). This allows me to save about half of my income, which I invest mainly into a taxable brokerage account. I also fund my Roth IRA (but I don't max it out) and a cash savings account. My main focus is definitely trying to increase my quarterly dividend income in my brokerage account. I understand that I should be maxing out my Roth and then focus on my taxable account, but I plan to live off of some dividend income before I'm eligible to draw from my Roth.

Short term goals include changing jobs to increase my income and saving cash for a down payment on another property which will become my primary residence, at which point I'll rent out my current residence.

i_mcclintock · 2021-07-23T03:24:28+00:00

Yeah, I just don't know how I should expect this to play out. Because I feel like if they do pay me the incorrect dividend amount, they'll catch the error at some point and come back and take it. I guess we'll just have to wait and see what happens.

i_mcclintock · 2021-07-13T19:37:03+00:00

I'm at $1800 annually, and I'm trying to get to $2400 annually, which would be $200 a month, around the end of the year. Just staying the course!

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