AI-generated text can pass as human-authored in up to 80% of cases, making reliable differentiation a significant challenge¶
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q2 i? Recent studies suggest AI-generated text can pass as human-authored in up to 80% of cases, so universities cannot reliably differentiate digital from human responses. → Sandra Leaton Gray 2025
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Sandra Leaton Gray 2025¶
Sandra Leaton Gray, Dominic Edsall, Dimitris Parapadakis. (2025). AI-Based Digital Cheating At University, and the Case for New Ethical Pedagogies. Journal of Academic Ethics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10805-025-09642-y
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The article reports, citing Cotton et al. (2023), Eke (2023), Elkhatat et al. (2023) and Liu et al. (2024), that "AI-generated text can pass as human-authored in up to 80% of cases". No effect size is printed; the figure is a second-hand reported rate, not a test statistic from a study read here.
"some recent studies suggest that AI-generated text can pass as human-authored in up to 80% of cases, making reliable differentiation a significant challenge"
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AI-generated text can pass as human-authored in up to 80% of cases, making reliable differentiation a significant challenge |
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AI-generated text can pass as human-authored in up to 80% of cases, making reliable differentiation a significant challenge |
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