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With the rising popularity of ChatGPT, Bard, and other AI chatbots, it can be hard to tell whether a piece of writing was created by a human or AI. There are many AI detection tools available, but the truth is, many of these tools can produce both false-positive and false-negative results in essays, articles, cover letters, and other content. Fortunately, there are still reliable ways to tell whether a piece of writing was generated by ChatGPT or written by a human. This How.com.vn article will cover the best AI detection tools for teachers, students, and other curious users, and provide helpful tricks for spotting AI-written content by sight.
Things You Should Know
- Tools like OpenAI's Text Classifier, GPTZero, and Copyleaks can check writing for ChatGPT, LLaMA, and other AI language model use.
- ChatGPT often produces writing that looks "perfect" on the surface but contains false information.
- Some signs that ChatGPT did the writing: A lack of descriptive language, words like "firstly" and "secondly," and sentences that look right but don't make sense.
Steps
Expert Q&A
Tips
- Cornell researchers determined that humans incorrectly found AI-generated news articles credible more than 60% of the time.[12]Thanks
- If you're using a ChatGPT detection tool that identified writing as AI-written, consider that it may be a false positive before approaching the situation with the writer.Thanks
- If you suspect ChatGPT wrote something but can't tell for sure, have a conversation with the writer. Don't accuse them of using ChatGPT—instead, ask them more questions about the writing or content to make their knowledge lines up with the content. You may also want to ask them about their writing process to see if they admit to using ChatGPT or other AI writing tools.Thanks
References
- ↑ https://www.turnitin.com/blog/ai-writing-the-challenge-and-opportunity-in-front-of-education-now
- ↑ https://www.turnitin.com/blog/understanding-false-positives-within-our-ai-writing-detection-capabilities
- ↑ https://help.openai.com/en/collections/5929286-educator-faq
- ↑ https://www.npr.org/2023/01/09/1147549845/gptzero-ai-chatgpt-edward-tian-plagiarism
- ↑ https://app.gptzero.me/app/subscription-plans
- ↑ https://contentatscale.ai/ai-content-detector/
- ↑ https://copyleaks.com/api-pricing
- ↑ https://research.google/pubs/pub51844/
- ↑ https://help.openai.com/en/articles/6783457-what-is-chatgpt
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