AI text detectors can return high AI-detection scores for human-written academic text, raising fairness concerns about authenticity evaluation¶
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q1 i? A doctoral researcher's AI-free manuscript received an unbelievably high AI-detection score when run through an AI text detector before submission. → Ugwuanyi 2025
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Ugwuanyi 2025¶
Ugwuanyi, K., Mair, C., Dovchin, S., Erdocia, I., Kuteeva, M., & Airemionkhale, E. (2025). Generative AI and linguistic diversity in academic writing and publishing: Perspectives from World Englishes. https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.28505 doi:10.48550/arxiv.2607.28505
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A single anecdotal test reported in the dialogue: a paper written without AI was run through an AI text detector and received "an unbelievably high AI - detection score". One case, no detector named, no systematic evaluation.
"The result was ridiculous: AI returned an unbelievably high AI - detection score for a text I know I wrote myself."
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AI text detectors can return high AI-detection scores for human-written academic text, raising fairness concerns about authenticity evaluation |
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AI text detectors can return high AI-detection scores for human-written academic text, raising fairness concerns about authenticity evaluation |
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