Educators report a certainty–proof gap: high confidence that student work is AI-generated without ability to prove it¶
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q2 i? Educators describe being highly certain a student used AI while fearing they cannot prove it, amid detector unreliability. → Chinomso Nwagboso & Sunday Atuba 2026
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Chinomso Nwagboso & Sunday Atuba 2026¶
Chinomso Nwagboso & Sunday Atuba. (2026). Academic erasure: the disappearance of complexity under AI-supported writing. Teaching in Higher Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/13562517.2026.2707601
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Theme 'Erasure of Trust & Epistemic Certainty' from posts including P1 (r/Professors), which states the certainty–proof gap in the educator's own words: "I am 99.9999% certain that this student used AI to essentially write the entire paper, but I fear that I will not be able to prove this." The paper notes detection tools often yield 'mixed results'.
"I am 99.9999% certain that this student used AI to essentially write the entire paper, but I fear that I will not be able to prove this."
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Educators report a certainty–proof gap: high confidence that student work is AI-generated without ability to prove it |
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Educators report a certainty–proof gap: high confidence that student work is AI-generated without ability to prove it |
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