LSU Students Facing AI Cheating Allegations

BATON ROUGE, La. (KMDL-FM) - AI, Artificial Intelligence, is a genie that will never be put back into a bottle. The question is, how and for what should we really be using it? Professors at LSU in Baton Rouge apparently have a partial answer to that question. That answer is: Don't use AI to cheat on exams.

This issue has become reportedly become quite a problem recently creating issues with student's scholarships and has created a backlog with LSU's Student Advocacy and Accountability Board when it comes to grades.

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LSU Students Struggle With Surge In AI-Related Cheating Allegations

According to WAFB.com, reports filed with LSU’s Student Advocacy and Accountability Board reveal dozens of cases flagged for suspected AI use. One student choosing to remain anonymous said she discovered a zero on an assignment after an instructor marked it “93% AI written”. When she and other classmates questioned their scores, they were told the cases had been referred to LSU’s Student Advocacy and Accountability Board.

Why It Matters

The answer to why this matters is a complicated one, but one of the more immediate answers is the issue AI cheating allegations is having on student's scholarships.

Because scholarship eligibility hinged on her grades, the anonymous student who spoke with WAFB said she chose to admit to using AI rather than challenge the allegation and risk delays. Had she continued to appeal the AI cheating allegations, her scholarship could have been jeopardized.

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LSU Faculty Raise Questions About AI Detection Accuracy

One of the big issues with these AI cheating allegations is that, both students and some LSU professors say that AI detection programs aren't accurate.

Professor Andrew Schwarz spoke with WAFB about his concerns with the inaccuracy of current AI detection tools used by the university.

From WAFB.com -

"An AI system cannot determine whether or not something that is generated is AI or not. We’re trying to figure out as well. Because if we look at how AI is impacting education, it’s impacting our jobs as well and how we deliver content."

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From my personal observations, professor Schwartz is definitely right when he argues that AI detection tools aren't accurate. I have a co-worker who's daughter has had a few papers flagged as being AI generated when they weren't, and my wife is an associate nursing professor who has seen the inaccuracies first hand from the professor's side of this issue.