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Please include a link to these theses, because as it stands this anecdote sounds extremely implausible. I don't know what university you were, but I've been at
by 13415 5y ago
Please include a link to these theses, because as it stands this anecdote sounds extremely implausible. I don't know what university you were, but I've been at a few in Europe and at every one of them Master theses were evaluated from the start to the end by several humans. GPT-3 is unable to produce even two pages of coherent text, let alone 50 pages good enough to be accepted as a Master thesis in any discipline at any university I could think of (even the worst ones).
I can imagine that plagiators use paraphrasing software quite extensively, though, and that it is a problem.
- gzer0 5y agoLet me clarify: It was not all automated, there was a fair bit of manual intervention needed. I understand your concerns and they are valid and this is why I preface my statement with "anecdotal evidence". What I write is most certainly not the entire story and a fair bit of detail is left out. It should be known that this is widespread across multiple industries and this will only become more of an issue in the future. This is a US-based institution, fully accredited.