7 Ways to Detect AI Writing Without Technology

7 Ways to Detect AI Writing. Over the summer, I began seeing the first suspected cases of AI use in the introductory college writing courses that I teach online. Since then, AI-generated essays have become a more common element of these classes. Thankfully, I’ve gotten much better at instantly spotting AI papers thanks to some tell-tale signs of ChatGPT’s and other AI-generators’ writing styles. I discuss the techniques I’ve learned to detect AI writing in my classes below. Before we get to these strategies, however, it’s important to remember that suspected AI use isn’t immediate grounds for disciplinary action. These cases should be used as conversation starters with students and even – forgive the cliché – as a teachable moment to explain the problems with using AI-generated work. To that end, I’ve written previously about how I handled these suspected AI cases , the troubling limitations and discriminatory tendencies of existing AI detectors , and about what happens when educators incorrectly accuse students of using AI . With those caveats firmly in place, here are the signs I look for to detect AI use from my students. 1. How to Detect AI Writing: The Submission is Too Long When an assignment asks students for one paragraph and a student turns in more than a page, my spidey sense goes off. Almost every class does have one overachieving student who will do this without AI, but that student usually sends 14 emails the first week and submits every assignment early, and most importantly, while too long, their assignment is often truly well written. A student who suddenly overproduces raises a red flag. 2. The Answer Misses The Mark While Also Being Too Long Being long in and of itself isn’t enough to identify AI use, but it’s often overlong assignments that have additional strange features that can make it suspicious. For instance, the assignment might be four times the required length yet doesn’t include the required citations or cover page. Or it goes on and on about something related to the topic but doesn’t quite get at the specifics of […]

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