u/Downtown-Painting346

I’m starting to think asking students a few questions about their own paper makes more sense than arguing over an AI percentage. Not a whole presentation, just simple questions like why you chose that argument, where you got a certain idea, or what you meant in one of your paragraphs. If you actually wrote the paper, you should know your own work. But I can already see the other side too, what happens when a student writes their own paper but gets nervous speaking and suddenly looks suspicious? I’m curious, would you rather have your paper judged by an AI detector or be asked a few questions about it?

• Young people feel pressured to use AI in school and work, even when they have concerns about it.
• Many worry AI could replace jobs and make it harder for young people to find work.
• Students worry that relying too much on chatbots can weaken critical thinking, learning, and communication skills.
• The article says AI has started carrying a kind of social stigma, with some young people seeing heavy AI use as fake or uncool.
• Universities are increasingly bringing AI into education, which some students feel is being done without enough clear rules.
• Some young people still use AI because it is convenient, but they do not necessarily trust its answers and may double-check what it produces.
• The article points out a strange contradiction: people can use AI and dislike the direction AI is taking society at the same time.
• The biggest concern raised toward the end is younger generations growing up with AI everywhere and possibly never learning to question its influence.

Gen Z isn't simply "anti-AI." A lot of the frustration comes from feeling like AI is being pushed into school, jobs, and everyday life whether people want it or not.

>I think it's a bit unfair that professors have access to Turnitin AI reports but students don't. I heard from a friend who was accused of using AI because of a Turnitin report, and they didn't even know their paper had been flagged. It's even worse with group assignments. What if one person uses AI for their section and Turnitin flags it, but the rest of the group has no way of seeing the report before submission? That doesn't seem right. If I can be a little woke, I think students need to come together and push this issue higher up. We shouldn't have to deal with AI generated classes while being judged by AI reports we can't even access. Professors need to do their jobs just like we need to do ours, especially when some will see something as simple as an em dash and start a witch hunt. At the very least, we deserve transparency.