A Scholar Argues AI Detectors Should Be Replaced by Honest Methods Sections

Benjamin Bratton urges academia to normalize detailed, helpful explanations of exactly how AI was used in research — an alternative to the losing arms race of AI detection.

As universities keep deploying AI detection tools that are demonstrably unreliable, @bratton offered a different path: "normalize a detailed and helpful explanation of exactly HOW you used AI in the Methods section." The argument is that transparency beats surveillance.

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