Discussion on question by Klaus Kieneswenger: Thesis part was flagged as AI generated even though it is all original

Is it possible for your friend to find an ally among the faculty ranks (such as one of their former instructors) who (i) understands that "AI detection" services are nowhere near the level where they can reliably tell human-generated from AI-generated text, and who (ii) is willing to talk to the supervisor about this?

Now I'm really curious how Turnitin would grade the supervisor's publications if someone used it to check them...

@Flyto I'd still say it's a bad sign for the school when the prof doesn't do any research into AI checking software before they rely on it. Not understanding AI is reasonable. Using a tool you don't understand (and seemingly took no effort to understand) as a critical part of evaluating students would make me question what other things they don't take the time to research, before including them as a part of their program.