I think this is also a problem with how we discuss AI. To me both were 100% AI generated, you just did more prompt engineering with what you're calling 100% Human. It seems that neither of these were a false positive then - rigth?

I'd far rather read typos or honest grammatical problems than people presenting their skills as something other than they are. One reason that I went down this rabbit hole was that the English in these spammy emails has gotten 1000x better in recent years. I doubt that is the reality

I'm confused - you said it was 100% written, but you gave the rules AI?

What do you mean "some rules applied"?

I have also followed up with the people who emailed me asking if they used AI to write the emails. Of those who have replied, they all acknowledged using something like ChatGPT to write/rewrite their emails to me

Maybe I just write so poorly it doesn't flag my writing as AI 😂

Yeah. I just put through as many as I could do in one day on the free plan

I don't really want to work with either category of applicant. Are any grad programs doing anything to guard against AI or seek disclosure from applicants? Is anyone modifying their process to open more interview slots?

We get little actionable data from applicants. The personal statements give us a lens into how well they can communicate and think. Someone who gets flagged as using AI is telling me they cannot communicate. If they won't self-disclose (and are truly using AI) then they tell me they can't be trusted

I ran 8 of the most recent emails I've received from people wanting to work in my lab through pangram. 1 came out as written by a human, 2 mostly AI/some human, and 5 100% AI. I'd love to hire that 1 person just out of principle. Are any grad programs running application materials through pangram?

I feel like we've already solved a big chunk of lung cancer with actual intelligence... don't smoke. 🤣 What am I missing?

Belt and braces to hold up his pants, but only winged tips to hold on to the beam? 🤣

I'm in awe that you all still have chalkboards and haven't been forced to use dry-erase boards. What I wouldn't give for a nice chalkboard

This is my existential fear of asking my kids anything discipline-wise and knowing that they would be correct

In response to these comments, I have now published *3* papers saying that rarefaction is the way to go...