Demo of TurnItIn - New AI Detection Tool
TLDRDr. Moore from the University of Texas at Dallas demonstrates Turnitin's new AI detection tool. He simulates a student using ChatGPT to write a memo comparing AI writers and uploads it to Turnitin. The tool gives a 45% similarity score, but also flags it as 100% AI-written with a caution message, indicating potential academic misconduct. Faculty are advised to update their rubrics and assignments, while students are warned against using AI writers to avoid plagiarism and cheating accusations.
Takeaways
- 🔍 Dr. Moore demonstrates Turnitin's new AI detection tool.
- 📝 He simulates a student using ChatGPT to write a memo comparing AI writers.
- 💻 The memo generated by ChatGPT is uploaded to Turnitin for similarity check.
- 📊 Turnitin gives a 45% similarity score, indicating traditional matches.
- 🚨 Turnitin flags the document with 'AI 100', cautioning that the percentage may not indicate academic misconduct.
- 👀 The tool prompts for a review, suggesting the content might be AI-generated.
- 👨🏫 For faculty, Turnitin's new feature seems effective in detecting AI-written content.
- 📚 The video suggests that educators might need to adjust their rubrics and assignments to counter AI writing tools.
- ⚠️ Students are warned that using AI to complete assignments is considered cheating at the University of Texas at Dallas.
- 📈 The video implies that AI detection tools are becoming more sophisticated, catching content that previously went undetected.
Q & A
Who is Dr. Moore and what is his role in the video?
-Dr. Moore is a faculty member at the University of Texas at Dallas, and he presents a demonstration of Turnitin's new AI detection tool in the video.
What is the main purpose of the video?
-The main purpose of the video is to demonstrate how Turnitin's new AI detection tool identifies AI-generated content in student assignments.
What assignment prompt did Dr. Moore use for testing the AI detection tool?
-Dr. Moore used an assignment prompt asking students to write a memo comparing three AI writers.
How did Dr. Moore use Chat GPT to create the content for the test?
-Dr. Moore used Chat GPT by providing it with a simplified version of his assignment prompt and asked it to write a memo comparing AI writers, including some sources.
What is the similarity score given by Turnitin for the AI-generated memo?
-The similarity score given by Turnitin for the AI-generated memo was 45%.
What does the 45% similarity score indicate?
-The 45% similarity score indicates a traditional match to previously uploaded documents, but it does not flag anything as problematic in terms of AI-generated content.
What message does Turnitin display when AI-generated content is detected?
-When AI-generated content is detected, Turnitin displays a message saying 'AI 100' with a caution that the percentage may not indicate academic misconduct and a review is required.
Why did Turnitin not flag the sources included in the AI-generated memo?
-The video does not provide a clear reason why Turnitin did not flag the sources, but it did flag the content as 100% AI-written, indicating that the tool is capable of distinguishing AI-generated text from sources.
What implications does the video suggest for faculty and students regarding the use of AI writers?
-For faculty, the video suggests that Turnitin's new tool is effective in detecting AI-generated content and encourages them to consider changing their rubrics or assignments. For students, it warns that using AI writers to complete assignments can be considered cheating and lead to academic penalties.
What is Dr. Moore's opinion on the quality of the AI-generated memo?
-Dr. Moore believes that the AI-generated memo is not of high quality and that his students could write something better, more interesting, and with a better conclusion for a business context.
What advice does Dr. Moore give to students regarding the use of AI writers for assignments?
-Dr. Moore advises students to do their best and remember that their own writing is usually better, implying that they should avoid using AI writers for assignments.
Outlines
📚 Testing Turnitin's AI Detection Tool
Dr. Moore from the University of Texas at Dallas conducts an experiment to test Turnitin's new AI detection tool. He simulates a student's scenario by using an essay assignment prompt to write a memo comparing AI writers. Dr. Moore utilizes Chat GPT to generate the memo, which he then uploads to Turnitin. The tool gives a similarity score of 45%, indicating a match with previously uploaded documents. However, it does not flag the content as problematic. Upon further inspection, Turnitin's AI detection feature identifies the memo as 100% AI-written, prompting a 'caution' message suggesting review for potential academic misconduct.
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Keywords
💡Turnitin
💡AI Detection Tool
💡Memo
💡AI Writers
💡Chat GPT
💡Similarity Score
💡Academic Misconduct
💡Rubrics
💡Cheating
💡Business Writing
Highlights
Dr. Moore demonstrates Turnitin's new AI detection tool.
The tool is designed to detect AI-generated content.
A memo comparing AI writers was created using Chat GPT.
The memo was uploaded to Turnitin for analysis.
Turnitin's similarity score for the memo was 45%.
The 45% score represents a traditional match with previously uploaded documents.
Turnitin did not flag the memo as problematic initially.
Turnitin's grader option revealed sources were correctly cited.
A new feature flags AI-generated content with a caution message.
The caution message indicates a review is required for AI percentage.
The AI-generated essay was correctly flagged as 100% AI-written.
Sources in the AI-generated content were not flagged by Turnitin.
Faculty are encouraged to adapt rubrics and assignments to counter AI writing.
Students are warned that using AI to complete assignments is considered cheating.
Dr. Moore suggests that student writing is generally better than AI-generated content.
The video concludes by emphasizing the importance of original student writing.
Turnitin's new AI detection tool is effective in catching AI-generated content.