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6 results for “detection”
- Lesson
What is AI detection?
An AI detector is a tool that reads a piece of text and estimates how likely it is that a language model — ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and the like — wrote it. That's the whole job. It doesn't read...
Explainer - Lesson
How do AI detectors work?
There's a deeper reason detection will always be probabilistic. Modern models are trained to write like people. As they improve, the gap between the best model output and good human writing narrows —...
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- Concept
Plagiarism
Presenting someone else's words or ideas as your own. Distinct from AI detection — plagiarism checking compares text against existing published sources, while AI detection estimates whether a machine...
- Concept
Specificity
In writing, the willingness to reach for the concrete fact rather than the generic noun. "Handles 14 currencies" beats "comprehensive solution". The single largest difference between AI prose and...
- Concept
Watermarking
A technique where an AI provider subtly biases its model's word choices so its own output can later be identified. Promising in theory, but it only works for participating providers and survives...