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[quote=Anonymous][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]

Here’s the thing. The technology will equalize access. No one needs to hire an essay editor. If you know how to use a prompt. Everyone should only be using the paid version of any of these products. The free one is awful. The paid one can get you really close if you spend a couple of hours on your prompts and continue to refine your drafts (btw with this tactic. It becomes really easy to apply to 20 or 40 or even 100 schools. Start early and spend a few hours continuing to refine your written product).

Obviously you start with a decent personalized draft. Prompt engineering is a very valuable skill. Kids need to learn how to do it and quite frankly are often asked to complete tasks (in school and for ECs) that require thorough prompt engineering.

People in this thread are delusional considering the advances we’ve made even from last summer to today with AI. A year from now this entire thread will be laughable. Search for threads from last summer that I posted on AI. It was so naïve looking back. 
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