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StarDolphins · 2026-02-26T18:23:04+00:00

I’m doing an online mental health course. My writing and terminology has obviously improved as I’ve progressed through the units. Yet again, my submitted assessment has failed due to it being flagged as AI. I 100% did not use AI and to me it doesn’t even sound like it. So now I seemingly have to find different ways to say everything to get through zerogpt. I was proud of it and I can’t think of any way to change it and don’t think I should have to. AIBU to be totally narked and feel like giving up?🙄

OchonAgusOchonOh · 28/02/2026 12:54

Yuasa · 28/02/2026 11:06

I submitted an academic application this week which contained a few emdashes in and quite possibly a semicolon or two. This thread has me worried!

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Semicolons are a perfectly normal part of punctuation. What's concerning is that writing skills have presumably deteriorated so much that it's assumed semicolons must be AI generated.

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StarDolphins · 04/03/2026 12:45

Boxoffrogs21 · 28/02/2026 10:31

AI is a nightmare for schools/universities and this is just further proof! You have my sympathy - what a waste of your time.

I have no idea whether this is the solution, but your writing in the screenshot you shared doesn’t sound very academic. As a PP has said, you use very short sentences and perhaps that’s reading as an AI summary. You use commas and complex sentences in your comments on here - can you try to do that more in your submitted work?

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I’ve literally tried everything and anything. Even a very simple paragraph was coming back 100% AI so now I’ve taken to adding a sentence at the end of each paragraph that sounds ridiculous (one is “going for a lovely walk could help”) and that’s getting it down to 58-60% but it’s taking ages! It doesn’t look good either.

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OchonAgusOchonOh · 04/03/2026 13:15

StarDolphins · 04/03/2026 12:45

I’ve literally tried everything and anything. Even a very simple paragraph was coming back 100% AI so now I’ve taken to adding a sentence at the end of each paragraph that sounds ridiculous (one is “going for a lovely walk could help”) and that’s getting it down to 58-60% but it’s taking ages! It doesn’t look good either.

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I really don't understand why you are wasting your time doing this. You have evidence that it is your own work. If they are (very unreasonably in my view) using AI detection software as their only detection method and call you in on it, I would simply inform them of the evidence you have that it is your own work and produce it. I would also ask them, what, other than the AI detection software, they are using as evidence as it is well known the software generates a high percentage of false positives.

I listed the evidence you should keep in my previous post. Make sure you have that and just get on with your day.

Just to reiterate, I am coming at this from the perspective of someone who deals with academic misconduct cases in the university I work in.

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StarDolphins · 04/03/2026 13:25

OchonAgusOchonOh · 04/03/2026 13:15

I really don't understand why you are wasting your time doing this. You have evidence that it is your own work. If they are (very unreasonably in my view) using AI detection software as their only detection method and call you in on it, I would simply inform them of the evidence you have that it is your own work and produce it. I would also ask them, what, other than the AI detection software, they are using as evidence as it is well known the software generates a high percentage of false positives.

I listed the evidence you should keep in my previous post. Make sure you have that and just get on with your day.

Just to reiterate, I am coming at this from the perspective of someone who deals with academic misconduct cases in the university I work in.

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I have all my notes from my lessons. My answers are in my iPhone notes and I just write over them when I change them. They will also be able to see how many hours I’ve been logged on accessing the lessons.

I won’t be changing the rest as it’s taking too long and I’m not happy with the answers now. I think I will just insist they test me verbally on my understanding.

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ChopstickNovice · 04/03/2026 13:31

This is so shit! Sorry to hear this OP.

LatteLady · 04/03/2026 14:30

I think that the time has come to raise a formal grievance with the company administering the tests... They must have a process for this, so use it.