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YOUNG KENYAN, 2 FRIENDS DEVELOP AI PROGRAM TO STOP STUDENTS FROM CHEATING

 







Aaron Shikhule




David Cyrus


Arend Groot Bleumink


SO, THERE it was. ChatGPT. The  AI program you waited for all your life. A program that could do the writing for you on virtually any subject, especially your schoolwork and uni projects or any writing projects especially requiring human skills. But that would be cheating, wouldn’t it? Other than that, ChatGPT has been lauded as a brilliant program in the AI world.

ChatGPT makes solving maths problems child play, beat that!

AFP-JIJI reported: The hottest startup in Silicon Valley right now is OPEN AI, the Microsoft backed developer of ChatGPT, a much-hyped chatbot that can write a poem, college essay or even a line of software code. If Microsoft may attach it to Bing. 
It is capable of formulating detailed and human-like answers on a wide range of subjects in a few seconds, raising fears that is vulnerable to misuse by school cheats or for disinformation.

 

Three friends thought so. A Kenyan (Aaron Amakobe Shikhule), an Australian postgraduate (David Cyrus) and an artificial intelligence engineer, Arend Groote from Holland, have developed a new tool to combat academic dishonesty in the age of rapidly advancing AI technology. The tool, called AICheatCheck, is designed to detect and prevent the use of AI-generated text in academic assessments, protecting the integrity of educational institutions. 

 

The team conducted surveys of university professors and students to gauge the size of the problem. The results showed that while many professors and students were aware of the potential for AI-generated text, they were not aware of the limitations of current anti-plagiarism tools like Turnitin. Nearly all respondents said they wanted an AI text detection tool as soon as possible.

 

According to David Cyrus: “The idea for the tool was born out of a playful experiment conducted when I used GPT-3 to write a blog post and challenged my colleagues to guess who the author was. No one could.” 

 

This experience, combined with a growing concern about the threat posed by upcoming AI technologies like GPT-4 to the education system, inspired the team to take action.

 

According to Mr. Cyrus: “Our model helps professors, teachers, and universities detect if a text was generated by a GPT (Generative Pretrained Transformer) model, a type of AI that can produce human-like text.”

 

“The use of GPT models in education can pose a threat to academic integrity as it becomes harder to differentiate between student-written work and AI-generated content,” according to Mr. Shikhule.

 

“That is why they feel it is crucial to have a reliable way of identifying GPT-generated text.” 

 

The team reckons that their tool can accurately detect the presence of a GPT model by analysing sentence structure and readability, giving you the confidence to trust the authenticity of the students’ work.

 

Mr. Shikhule says: “In an age where AI is increasingly present in education, we must protect the integrity of your academic process with our tool.” 

 

“It’s quite an opportunity for students to learn more in depth on certain topics. But I think that it should be used responsibly,” Mr Groot Bleumink said.

 

“It’s like using a performance enhancing drug… so you need to notify people that you’re using it without claiming that it’s all just your own hard work.”

 

This first working version found as a web app at www.AICheatCheck.com is being further developed to prepare it for more advanced AIs like GPT-4, as well as to improve the User Interface and User Experience and Integration capabilities with existing systems. The team has also created the AI Cheating Prevention Network, an online group on LinkedIn, to bring together educators and administrators to discuss the issue and potential solutions.

 

“We are solving a problem created by AI, with AI,” Mr Cyrus told The Australian Financial Review.

 

“It would be scary to have all these new hires coming into the workplace, who lack those critical thinking and problem-solving capabilities that you develop through school and university,” Mr Shikule said.

 

In the trio’s press release, they affirm that “The AICheatCheck co-founders are dedicated to protecting the academic integrity of education and upholding academic honesty in the age of rapidly advancing AI technology. The team is committed to working with educators and administrators to develop evolving solutions to this growing problem.”

 

For more information contact David Cyrus at contact@aicheatcheck.com  


Those of us who know Aaron and his family in Sydney are very proud of this young man!


watch Arron on video https://youtu.be/MF5f11zHS1E


Thanks to Channel 7



WHO IS AARON SHIKHULE


Aaron Shikhule went to Redfield College (Dural,  NSW) which sets foundations in terms of faith (Catholic), the importance of discipline and work ethic. “I learnt core abilities and forming meaningful friendships. Graduated in 2013, and I still see some of my old schoolmates.  Biology and chemistry were my favourite subjects. I enjoyed that.”

Next, he went to UTS (University of Technology) Sydney. Bachelor of Biomedical Science. Prince of Wales Hospital, work experience, technical analyst, Technical Officer, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. He did his Master’s in public health in Health economic evaluation. “I did work with the George Institute for Global Health in New Delhi. When I returned to Sydney I started working as a consultant in a consulting company.  Medtronic (a multi-national multi-device company) based in the US.”



 

 

 

 

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