r/CSUS • u/wathappn2me • 1d ago
General Questions AI Flagging
If a professor's syllabus states they will report you for AI in the language on the syllabus does this mean they will not be allowing you to show the burden of proof or allow a formal request for review? I really do not like being inconvenienced in such a manner and now I feel I have a duty to teach them about the legend of the boy who cried wolf, so to speak.
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u/Coyote_909500 1d ago
Faculty are obligated to report instances of academic misconduct. If they give a penalty on grade without reporting (where as others have noted you have the opportunity to refute), you have to appeal by the grade appeal process at the end of the term. Seems like they would have a hard time demonstrating their actions were not capricious since they didn't follow policy and give fair ability to make your case by said policy.
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u/East-Meringue6400 1d ago
Isn’t it kind of ironic how they use AI to detect AI — it’s all a load of bs.
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u/wathappn2me 1d ago
It definitely is. I lost sleep over it because I hate false accusations. I cannot even concentrate on my other four courses.
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u/ThatGuyRyanA 1d ago
I don't get it, what is the irony. The problem is using AI to fake your work, not using AI in general
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u/East-Meringue6400 18h ago
Actually, using AI at all is very much a problem.
However, I agree that using it to fake your work isn’t okay but one could argue that professors using AI to scan for AI is the same concept of using AI to do the work for you hence the irony. Professors using it to detect AI contradicts the very concept of using it in a course setting at all.
It’s unfair in the circumstances that students have worked hard on their assignments and turned them in, just to be told it’s been flagged.
If AI has proven time and time again that it is not reliable, why is it being used to penalize students?
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u/ThatGuyRyanA 16h ago
I agree that using AI is problematic, but I was pretty clearly speaking from the perspective of the school's academic integrity policies.
To compare AI use by professors scanning for AI work to students using AI to write their papers for them seems intentionally dishonest at best. These professors are not telling students to not use AI because they are necessarily against AI in it's entirety, it is because they do not want AI writing essays for their students. This is not irony. If I say we shouldn't let kids drink beer, but I think that it is ok if I do, that is not ironic
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u/East-Meringue6400 15h ago
“They use AI to detect AI” is in fact by definition situational irony. The contradiction is discouraged in one manner (which is understandable) but trusted in another.
The facts are facts here, my statement is what it is. Whether you agree with it or not, is a personal choice.
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u/wathappn2me 1d ago
Respectfully I do not use AI. I loathe it entirely. Disrespect your mother in that manner not me. You are dismissed.
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u/SuzieDerpkins 1d ago
lol just trying to offer some advice. No disrespect.
You don’t have to wait around. Email your professor to ask about it.
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u/wathappn2me 1d ago
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u/SuzieDerpkins 1d ago
Not accusing you of anything. Just sharing advice for those who do use AI. Don’t want to use it? Cool. That’s part of what I’m actually advocating for.
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u/Aidrod003 1d ago
The “formal” request for review so to speak is with the office of student conduct. Student conduct will review the allegation, give you an option to present anything/say your side, and make a determination if you should be responsible.
However, before getting to a student conduct report, it’s my understanding that most professors will invite some kind of informal explanation from you.