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Chinese schoolchildren are using ChatGPT to slash homework time, but teachers are worried over the possibilities for cheating and plagiarism – Copyright AFP Ed JONES<\/small><\/em><\/p>\n

The fully justified fuss about AI plagiarism<\/strong> is an allergic reaction to a very real set of problems. What\u2019s not happening is any sort of systemic shut down of the problems.<\/p>\n

Plagiarism comes in two basic forms. There\u2019s actual copying and tweaking of copyright content. They\u2019re effectively the same. The original content is stolen and then on sold as original by the people who stole it There\u2019s nothing easier for AI, which uses machine learning and neural networks to process images, text, and any sort of media.<\/p>\n

Legally there are no outs for plagiarists. This IS<\/u> theft<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s part of the problem; the people doing it. Plagiarism is not exactly new. Thieves are the world\u2019s least useful people. Plagiarism, like crime, is a perfect career for people who generate nothing of value themselves.<\/p>\n

To make it slightly more infuriating, they think they\u2019re being \u201cclever\u201d when they steal. That\u2019s a big incentive, an ego-builder for people who are otherwise nobodies. Take that away from them, and plagiarism will be much less of a problem.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s an expensive and destructive problem for content creators, publishers, and consumers. Consumers suffer from the fact that their sources don\u2019t actually exist. The plagiarized content could be garbage. AI is predicted to replace fake news any day now.<\/p>\n

(A moment\u2019s silence for all those soon-to-be unemployed trolls and political skanks if you please. Then break out the champagne.)<\/em><\/p>\n

For content creators, the problem of plagiarism is a bottom-line thing. It eats directly into their ability to earn income. Their rights are automatically infringed.<\/p>\n

For publishers, there\u2019s a very clear and eventually inevitable expensive legal issue with publishing another publisher\u2019s content. It\u2019s stealing their business, as well as their property.<\/p>\n

Despite some noticeable legal actions regarding sources of copyright materials for AI learning,<\/strong> there\u2019s no standout benchmark case for plagiarism. There should be a straightforward \u201cthis is what happens if you plagiarize\u201d case. What\u2019s needed is a famous legal kick in the teeth as a turnoff for the AI-obsessed idiots. This is big business and potentially huge money for claimants against plagiarists. That definitely will get attention from the large end of town.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s another inherent problem. AI is still an unknown. People are scared of AI. They don\u2019t really get it. If they did, they\u2019d be a lot less scared of it and much more aggressive when responding to plagiarism.<\/p>\n

For content creators, learn more about AI. It\u2019s actually pretty straightforward. You will see ways of securing your work. This YouTube video<\/strong> may be a bit heavy for non-maths people, but it explains the basics of how it works, how it learns and what you can do about it<\/em>.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll note that \u201crecognition\u201d includes elements<\/em> you can customize to personalize your work. In theory, you can even build in watermarks, code and micro routines to scream \u201cPlagiarized content! onscreen\u201d that should scare oft the parasites fairly effectively. The joke is that most of them are largely code-illiterate themselves. <\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n

There are many ways of managing AI content that already exist. One of them is shutting them down at the source. A recent case of \u201cparasitic AI\u201d, publishing tweaked content included anonymous registration of domains. You can see that problem easily enough.<\/p>\n

ISPs can be and often are seen as enablers for legally actionable matters. It\u2019s a version of \u201cvicarious liability\u201d that may or may not stand up in a court. That\u2019s not a legal position anyone wants. It\u2019s also not good enough as a definition of who\u2019s liable for what. That needs to change.<\/p>\n

Anonymous registration? Why? You don\u2019t have to register anything if you don\u2019t even know who you\u2019re doing business with. As an ISP, you could be taking on a massive liability. Why would you do that?<\/p>\n

Terms of service for AI domains could include anything from no AI-generated content to acceptance of liability for any legal issues, etc. Even the Dumbest of the Dumb know a major risk when they see one, sooner or later.<\/p>\n

Slight digression here, but it\u2019s relevant.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

In the case of a site that ran plagiarized content, the AI tweaked the original content as follows<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe he\u2019s only just scratched the surface of his potential.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

It was re-written as the nonsensical:<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s nudged the iceberg but there\u2019s so much more to come.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The \u201ciceberg\u201d reference was botched, but it\u2019s an idiomatic tweak, not just substituting equivalent terms. It retains the sense of the original using hardly any of the original text. That has some ramifications for managing plagiarism.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a bit more interesting and complex than it looks, and far more problematic. If AI can tweak it like that, the plagiarism is a bit better covered. It\u2019s still full of holes, notably structurally, but it\u2019s less obvious. <\/p>\n

This means that in the future, legal rules for plagiarism will have to include the idioms and contexts of content as assessments of the plagiarism. This is a sort of contextual search, but you know how good those are. You may have to go from Search Engine Optimization to Search Engine Overkill.<\/p>\n

It\u2019d be a lot easier to create a simple system for content creators where original content is verified. Any use other than the standards of \u201cfair use\u201d for media<\/strong> could be considered plagiarism or wannabe plagiarism.<\/p>\n

Verification systems already exist in publishing. The content creator ticks a few boxes and is allowed into the system as an authentic user. Pretty much ironclad. You could use an SSL system if you want to be meticulous. \u00a0<\/p>\n

This also adds a level of difficulty for plagiarists if anyone takes the trouble to do a CAPTCHA-like system for scanning content. AI can do that, too. As a way of spotting plagiarism, it\u2019s the perfect tool.<\/p>\n

These thieves have to go. Whatever it takes needs to be done.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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