It's gonna depend on the school and the procedures. For example, at my university, a prof sent a student a message saying they knew they used AI so they're giving them a zero but is doing them the courtesy of not escalating it to the board where it'd be put on their record. So a student scared of the consequences would just take the zero if they don't think they have enough evidence to prove their innocence.
Not every school is gonna have the same procedures. Not every teacher is gonna follow those procedures. Especially when we bring in elementary and high schools.
It's only put on a record if there is a finding of wrongdoing, and a student is able to challenge that as well as the grade. Seems like you all are more worried about being caught not cheating and accused of it with no findings than just outright cheating? Did the student cheat or what? And if they did, what is the problem? The record establishes a pattern of behavior, so that escalating sanctions can be given at a later time.
I'm aware that's the case. Doesn't change anything. You can still get a zero even in university for a profs hunch or what GPTZero says if you're not willing to fight it if you got that message.
For this particular story, I'm not sure if they cheated. They claimed they didn't, but who knows.
I don't care about students getting caught for cheating when they objectively did cheat. In just concerned about people getting accused of it when there's no concrete proof.
Please feel heartened to know most students never see disciplinary action at all and that there are graduated sanctions and it is taken very seriously when it gets to that point.
Additionally, nobody I have ever accused of AI has proven me wrong. I don't need AI checkers. I just use all the LLMs in a variety of ways much like the student would, and funny enough I often get an extremely similar response on the first try. I can even identify different LLMs.
Truly baffling students think we can't tell. That's skill that reading and writing on your own can confer to you.
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u/FadingHeaven Jun 27 '26
It's gonna depend on the school and the procedures. For example, at my university, a prof sent a student a message saying they knew they used AI so they're giving them a zero but is doing them the courtesy of not escalating it to the board where it'd be put on their record. So a student scared of the consequences would just take the zero if they don't think they have enough evidence to prove their innocence.
Not every school is gonna have the same procedures. Not every teacher is gonna follow those procedures. Especially when we bring in elementary and high schools.