It is clear that certain words are appearing frequently in university papers and are becoming a danger signal indicating that generated AI such as ChatGPT was used



According to a ``dissertation consultant'' who investigates whether AI is used in student papers, specific features such as ``Tapestry,'' ``Beacons,'' ``A strong curriculum,'' ``Respected faculty,'' and ``A vibrant academic community'' are cited. It seems that Word is becoming a sign that generative AI tools such as ChatGPT are being used to write papers.

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Winter and spring 2024 will be the first full-scale admissions season since the explosion of ChatGPT and other generative AI tools. Use cases for generative AI are rapidly increasing in the education sector, and while some educators are trying to avoid generative AI by using zero-tolerance policies , others are actively embracing generative AI tools. There are some places that are trying to do that.

For example, Arizona State University announced that it will partner with OpenAI to use ChatGPT Enterprise, ChatGPT's paid enterprise plan, for tutoring and classes.

Announcement of 'ChatGPT Enterprise' that can use GPT-4 twice as fast and unlimitedly - GIGAZINE



However, because there are no consistent rules for how AI can be used, and no tools exist that can reliably detect whether AI is being used, many students are using ChatGPT and other We use AI tools. In fact, in a survey of students, 17% of respondents said they had used ChatGPT for assignments and exams.

17% of students say they use ChatGPT for assignments or exams - GIGAZINE



In response to this situation, demand is increasing for the profession of ``dissertation consultant,'' who specializes in checking essays and assignments submitted by students and investigating whether they were generated by AI. Mike, an Ivy League graduate and former editor-in-chief of the Cornell Business Journal published by Cornell University, who at the time of writing was working as a dissertation consultant on Fiverr , said he had been sent this by at least 20 clients in the past few months. Certain words appear repeatedly in the papers, such as 'tapestry,' 'beacon,' 'rich curriculum,' 'respected faculty,' and 'vibrant academic community.'

Mike says, ``I don't think you should use the word 'Tapestry' in your paper. If you see the word 'Tapestry', there's a good chance that the paper was generated by ChatGPT. ” he said. The word 'Tapestry' itself may have been written down naturally by humans, but from the perspective of a dissertation consultant who checks multiple papers, the use of the word 'Tapestry' is 'This is clearly a sign that AI was used.'



According to an anonymous thesis consultant, if reading dozens or hundreds of papers could reveal ``suspicions that they were created using AI,'' universities would be more likely to screen more papers. It may become easier for admissions committees to identify whether a paper was created using AI or not. Ben Toll, director of undergraduate admissions at George Washington University, says it's becoming easier for admissions officers to identify essays written with AI. According to Toll, it takes an admissions officer 'less than a minute' to identify an essay written by AI.

According to Pejic, a dissertation consultant with three master's degrees and one doctoral degree, who has reviewed about 100 theses and essays, the AI boom has led to ``humans reading texts generated by AI.'' It seems that the number of requests for 'I want my text to be edited to look like it was written' has suddenly increased. He said, ``ChatGPT is very verbose. It also has a lot of abstract words that don't connect well.'' In addition, Mr. Pejic seems to charge up to 100 dollars (about 15,000 yen) for proofreading the paper.

Several thesis consultants have pointed out that many of the students who use generation AI tools are international students whose native language is not English, but on the other hand, there are cases where 'a text written by someone whose native language is not English was created by AI.' There are also research results that show that there are many false positives.

Sentences written by people whose native language is not English are incorrectly detected as ``created by AI'' - GIGAZINE



Generative AI tools are making remarkable progress, producing text that is becoming more accurate and increasingly difficult to detect. 'There's not even a consistent approach to this problem,' said Chris Reed, executive director of admissions at Texas A&M University. Each university's admissions office has strict rules regarding the use of AI for essays submitted during application, but these rules vary by university.

According to a survey using GPTZero , a tool to identify whether text was created using a generative AI tool, approximately 30% of admission essays submitted to universities use AI in some way. It is clear that it is.

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