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We’ve built a solution in conjunction with a university to this problem that is pretty low effort to implement, but very few professors can be bothered to even

We’ve built a solution in conjunction with a university to this problem that is pretty low effort to implement, but very few professors can be bothered to even try it out (the apathy and red tape is unreal). Honestly, it has been disheartening that distribution is so tough, as the results have been great for those who are using it.

fardinahsan 2y ago
Could you share the product and some details about it? I'm curious.
- arp242 2y ago
  Presumably it's: https://inktrail.co https://inktrail.co As I understand it, it records when you're writing, including all edits and such, and verifies it's human based on that. Well, see the demo at https://inktrail.co/in-action https://inktrail.co/in-action It will probably work well right now, but I don't know how easy that would be to fool once the hucksters build tools to circumvent it.
lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 2y ago
> very few professors can be bothered to even try it out Do you happen to know if there is some overlap between these professors and professors who also refuse AI-detectors? Apathy could be the reason but I wonder how much of it is driven by cynicism encouraged by the inefficacy of AI-detecting tools.
michaelmior 2y ago
As a professor would be interested in a solution to this problem, I'd be curious to see hear more details. FERPA issues can sometimes make it difficult to adopt solutions where student info of any kind needs to be sent to a third party.
alins 2y ago
Would you please share more details about this?
tpdly 2y ago
Well that's terrible news. Currently building a product for the same market (completely different solution if the nephew comment is correct about your product). I'm already not thrilled to be in ed-tech selling to instructors with admin's money. I thought at least the instructors would have some enthusiasm to solve the problem. Shit.

fardinahsan 2y ago

Could you share the product and some details about it? I'm curious.

arp242 2y ago
Presumably it's: https://inktrail.co https://inktrail.co As I understand it, it records when you're writing, including all edits and such, and verifies it's human based on that. Well, see the demo at https://inktrail.co/in-action https://inktrail.co/in-action It will probably work well right now, but I don't know how easy that would be to fool once the hucksters build tools to circumvent it.

lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 2y ago

> very few professors can be bothered to even try it out Do you happen to know if there is some overlap between these professors and professors who also refuse AI-detectors? Apathy could be the reason but I wonder how much of it is driven by cynicism encouraged by the inefficacy of AI-detecting tools.

michaelmior 2y ago

As a professor would be interested in a solution to this problem, I'd be curious to see hear more details. FERPA issues can sometimes make it difficult to adopt solutions where student info of any kind needs to be sent to a third party.

alins 2y ago

Would you please share more details about this?

tpdly 2y ago

Well that's terrible news. Currently building a product for the same market (completely different solution if the nephew comment is correct about your product). I'm already not thrilled to be in ed-tech selling to instructors with admin's money. I thought at least the instructors would have some enthusiasm to solve the problem. Shit.