Education

AI Detection In Academia Is Misguided

In the age of artificial intelligence, the academic world is scrambling. Not to understand, not to adapt — but to control. AI detectors are now being used to determine whether a student’s work is “authentic.” The irony is suffocating: we are turning to machines to decide whether a human used a machine.

At first glance, this may seem reasonable. Academic integrity is important, after all. But once you start punishing students for what a tool guesses might be AI-generated content—despite major AI detection providers explicitly warning against such use—you create a feedback loop that undermines the very foundation of education.