1-in-4 to 1-in-3 dissertations now written with AI, replicated study finds
skdh · x · 2026-10-06
- @cremieuxrecueil scanned nearly 23,000 dissertations and found more than 1-in-5 now use AI, often for all of the writing.
- A new paper replicates his earlier finding, estimating between 1-in-4 and 1-in-3 dissertations are written with AI.
- The author calls the scale of AI penetration in academic writing "really bad out there."
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