• TheTechnician27@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Ngl, this article feels bloviating bordering on AI-generated and/or a padded high school essay. Here’s the relevant Wikipedia article. For instance, by the way:

    This event underscores the complex relationship between catastrophic environmental changes and evolutionary processes, offering valuable insights into the resilience and adaptability of life on Earth. [thank you, obligatory ‘Conclusion’ paragraph from all my phoned-in high school essays.]

    The Carnian Pluvial Event, also known as the Carnian crisis, has left its mark in geological records across the globe, suggesting a widespread environmental impact. [no shit it had a widespread environmental impact??]

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      1 month ago

      “Underscores the complex relationship” is classic AI slop writing. If I saw that phrase in a student essay I would roll my eyes and open the academic integrity report form.

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        Wow, you should not be a teacher then! Using a stock phrase is something that students are extremely likely to do as they read online content and learn to formulate their own voice. A single phrase can only be considered as extremely circumstantial evidence. You are not a reliable AI detection machine, regardless of what you may have convinced yourself of.

        Btw, out of curiosity, what is your (or your school’s) official policy on AI usage?

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      Carnian Pluvial Event

      I had one of those in college after too many tamales and too much beer. It was quite embarrassing and also painful. I couldn’t sit for days.

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      1 month ago

      I love this comment for contrasting the images of using the word “bloviating” and supposedly “phoning in” your high school essays. Oh, and saving me a crappy article read. Ty!