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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you don't recognize AI slop, you probably think you're getting great stuff out of chaptgpt. With the amount of reading AOs do, I think they can tell.[/quote]

I worked in admissions about 10 years ago.

Chat GPT wasn’t around back then, but it was still pretty obvious when people paid for essays.

It might not seem obvious when you’re just looking at one answer, but when you see the same tone and style pop up and you’re reviewing a hundred applications per day, it stands out. [/quote]

The problem today and going forward is the massive increase in essays with Gen AI assistance (BTW if you use paid versions and know how to prompt…it becomes way less apparent) vs people who paid for essays 10 years ago (likely a small percentage).

You will probably know who didn’t use Gen AI because the essays will be terrible and stand out for that reason.  However this is a dilemma college professors now have…how do you reward a terrible essay/paper just because you know it is authentic?[/quote]

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