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If you’re just wondering how students knew that the email was written using ChatGPT, the last line of the email weirdly reads “Paraphrase from OpenAI's ChatGPT

If you’re just wondering how students knew that the email was written using ChatGPT, the last line of the email weirdly reads “Paraphrase from OpenAI's ChatGPT AI language model, personal communication, February 15, 2023”.

throwaway89201 4y ago
For clarity, as multiple replies seem to take this as a proofreading mistake: ChatGPT doesn't output such a phrase unless explicitly asked to.
loandbehold 4y ago
Yes, nobody would know. They weren't trying to hide it.
gedy 4y ago
This is the mind boggling part. What were they thinking? Was this copy pasta from OpenAI and didn't proof read it?
- fshbbdssbbgdd 4y ago
  University administration is a kafkaesque environment where enthusiastic compliance with a ruleset is of foremost importance. In this context, citing a source is covering your ass. If anyone has a problem with the wording, it’s GPT’s fault. It probably never occurred to them that citing the source could get you into trouble.
- web3-is-a-scam 4y ago
  ChatGPT doesn’t insert itself as a citation, it was added deliberately. For what reason is the question…I don’t say I use spellcheck when I write something with Word.
welshwelsh 4y ago
That's the only thing they did wrong. Why mention you used ChatGPT? It's like emails that end with "sent from my iPhone" like who cares what technology you used to send an email?
- fshbbdssbbgdd 4y ago
  With “sent from my iPhone” it’s an excuse for brevity and/or typos. Consider that the iPhone’s keyboard was a downgrade from the Blackberry that was previously standard among business users. The automatically-appended disclaimer saves the sender a bit of stress.
  - serf 4y ago
    that's one take. Personally I think it was motivated by trying to create a marketed feeling of exclusivity , drive a stake between Those With and Those Without, and alienate those without into buying an iProduct and joining The Club.
    - trpv 4y ago
      Maybe a little bit less sinister than that. Just a way to promote the product in every email originating from their devices
      - jemmyw 4y ago
        Regardless of the reason, I think less of anyone who doesn't turn it off. Made me cringe so badly when I sent an email from a new email client that added something similar and I hadn't checked the signature. One reason I feel that way is that the only time I'd see it in a work context is if it's a phishing email.
        kayodelycaon 4y ago
        I see it all the time in a work context. At three different jobs. No one really cares where I’m at. I have my laptop signature set to: Thanks, Kayodé $NAME $RANK $SERIALNUMBER I leave it there even if using “Thanks” isn’t entirely correct and my name is repeated below it. Everyone else here does something similar. My phone signature is the iPhone default. Just like everyone else.
    - deleted 4y ago
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unheardPartner 4y ago
Maybe they thought it would be worse if someone found out and it was exposed that they didn't cite their source.
- kolinko 4y ago
  It's not a source in this case - if I understand correctly, they used ChatGPT to rewrite a message written by them.
  - trpv 4y ago
    I understood it differently. Saying the email is a “paraphrase from ChatGPT” seems more like they had ChatGPT generate it, and then modified or “paraphrased” it themselves
mc32 4y ago
To their credit, they attributed the assistance by the chatbot. (I don't think they carelessly copy pasted and did not notice the chatGPT notice). Of course, humans expect honest and sincere communication in times of grief and not automated responses, so that's on the Deans for making poor decisions (just as poor as it would be to hire a PR firm to compose something for them --it probably happens but just does not get announced)
smittywerben 4y ago
They're just citing their source LOL!
politician 4y ago
My theory is that the person responsible for publishing the email disagreed with using the chatbot, and included the attribution statement in a form of malicious compliance.
tluyben2 4y ago
Models that recognize chatgpt also seem to pick it up easily though [0]. Adding it in the email is quite weird though. Or maybe they agreed that is was fine to do so (generating this email by an AI), which is indeed tonedeaf. [0] https://filteroutai.com/validate/114ddca7445e6b5119715111623621a84991d5f5f7b5a9dae3c632d6c23a8a8d https://filteroutai.com/validate/114ddca7445e6b5119715111623...

throwaway89201 4y ago

For clarity, as multiple replies seem to take this as a proofreading mistake: ChatGPT doesn't output such a phrase unless explicitly asked to.

loandbehold 4y ago

Yes, nobody would know. They weren't trying to hide it.

gedy 4y ago

This is the mind boggling part. What were they thinking? Was this copy pasta from OpenAI and didn't proof read it?

fshbbdssbbgdd 4y ago
University administration is a kafkaesque environment where enthusiastic compliance with a ruleset is of foremost importance. In this context, citing a source is covering your ass. If anyone has a problem with the wording, it’s GPT’s fault. It probably never occurred to them that citing the source could get you into trouble.
web3-is-a-scam 4y ago
ChatGPT doesn’t insert itself as a citation, it was added deliberately. For what reason is the question…I don’t say I use spellcheck when I write something with Word.

welshwelsh 4y ago

That's the only thing they did wrong. Why mention you used ChatGPT? It's like emails that end with "sent from my iPhone" like who cares what technology you used to send an email?

fshbbdssbbgdd 4y ago
With “sent from my iPhone” it’s an excuse for brevity and/or typos. Consider that the iPhone’s keyboard was a downgrade from the Blackberry that was previously standard among business users. The automatically-appended disclaimer saves the sender a bit of stress.
- serf 4y ago
  that's one take. Personally I think it was motivated by trying to create a marketed feeling of exclusivity , drive a stake between Those With and Those Without, and alienate those without into buying an iProduct and joining The Club.
  - trpv 4y ago
    Maybe a little bit less sinister than that. Just a way to promote the product in every email originating from their devices
    - jemmyw 4y ago
      Regardless of the reason, I think less of anyone who doesn't turn it off. Made me cringe so badly when I sent an email from a new email client that added something similar and I hadn't checked the signature. One reason I feel that way is that the only time I'd see it in a work context is if it's a phishing email.
      - kayodelycaon 4y ago
        I see it all the time in a work context. At three different jobs. No one really cares where I’m at. I have my laptop signature set to: Thanks, Kayodé $NAME $RANK $SERIALNUMBER I leave it there even if using “Thanks” isn’t entirely correct and my name is repeated below it. Everyone else here does something similar. My phone signature is the iPhone default. Just like everyone else.
  - deleted 4y ago
    [deleted]

unheardPartner 4y ago

Maybe they thought it would be worse if someone found out and it was exposed that they didn't cite their source.

kolinko 4y ago
It's not a source in this case - if I understand correctly, they used ChatGPT to rewrite a message written by them.
- trpv 4y ago
  I understood it differently. Saying the email is a “paraphrase from ChatGPT” seems more like they had ChatGPT generate it, and then modified or “paraphrased” it themselves

mc32 4y ago

To their credit, they attributed the assistance by the chatbot. (I don't think they carelessly copy pasted and did not notice the chatGPT notice). Of course, humans expect honest and sincere communication in times of grief and not automated responses, so that's on the Deans for making poor decisions (just as poor as it would be to hire a PR firm to compose something for them --it probably happens but just does not get announced)

smittywerben 4y ago

They're just citing their source LOL!

politician 4y ago

My theory is that the person responsible for publishing the email disagreed with using the chatbot, and included the attribution statement in a form of malicious compliance.

tluyben2 4y ago

Models that recognize chatgpt also seem to pick it up easily though [0]. Adding it in the email is quite weird though. Or maybe they agreed that is was fine to do so (generating this email by an AI), which is indeed tonedeaf. [0] https://filteroutai.com/validate/114ddca7445e6b5119715111623621a84991d5f5f7b5a9dae3c632d6c23a8a8d https://filteroutai.com/validate/114ddca7445e6b5119715111623...