[La-cgs] Update on AI Usage case

[Menon, Sanjay]

Hi all,

Some of you might recall, that during the AI discussion I had mentioned submitted student work with Turnitin AI scores of over 50%.  I spoke to our Dean of Students who confirmed that Conduct Board complaints based on AI usage is on the rise. Here are some other points she mentioned that may be of interest to this group:


  1.  It appears that a high Turnitin AI usage score by itself may not be sufficient to prove AI usage.  Unlike traditional Turntin reports that provide sources that can be verified, the same is not possible for AI outputs that are generative.
  2.  The board is now asking faculty/students to provide writing samples for comparison.  This may not be of much help in 100% online classes where the writing sample could also be AI generated.
  3.  There is an increase in "confessions".  More students are admitting AI usage when confronted with the AI usage score.  This raises an equity issue as those who deny usage are more likely to get away with it if AI use was prohibited by the professor in the syllabus.
  4.  Professors' policies on AI usage widely varies across campus with varying degrees of AI usage allowed.  Students can claim confusion when taking multiple classes with varying AI policies.

As I mentioned during our session, all of the above stems from considering AI usage as an impediment to learning.  If we were to adopt the approach of "AI as an aid to learning" or "AI usage as a required skill", then we would need to rethink and reorient our teaching and evaluation methods, including for our thesis/dissertation students. You might recall our discussion on the value of doing a literature review using AI, or having AI generate code in a programming class.

As this issue is unlikely to be resolved anytime soon, I suggest we have it as an agenda item for future meeting.

Sanjay

Sanjay T. Menon, Ph. D.
Dean of Graduate Studies
Professor of Management
Director of India Studies
Louisiana State University Shreveport
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