Understanding the demand for AI detection is not hard. There are many cases where schools, businesses, clients, and others want to ensure the content submitted to them actually came from a human being, rather than a machine.
However, false positives in AI can cause serious problems that must be addressed. False positives have the potential to hurt careers, damage students’ academic prospects, and more.
Ironing out these kinks
It is an objective fact that artificial intelligence carries the potential to bring great benefits or great harm to society. However, to increase the odds of the former over the latter, calls for AI regulation continue to emerge.
At this point, ascertaining that AI is here to stay isn’t hard. However, there should be safeguards in place to ensure that AI (or tools used to detect AI) don’t have the opposite impact than intended.
Solutions to these issues will not materialize overnight. However, they deserve long-term consideration as society considers how to adapt to AI’s presence in the world.
