From Futurism · Frank Landymore · · 1m 20s
Dartmouth provost caught using AI to write published articles
Santiago Schnell used ChatGPT for newspaper columns and academic work, then claimed it was just editing help.
In brief
Santiago Schnell used ChatGPT for newspaper columns and academic work, then claimed it was just editing help. A top university administrator used AI to write published pieces without disclosure, then faced calls for his firing when caught by student journalists. Originally reported by Futurism.
Provost caught using AI for published work
Dartmouth provost Santiago Schnell's Washington Post column about AI cheating tested as 100 percent AI-written on Pangram, a widely-used AI detector.
Investigation finds pattern after ChatGPT launch
The Dartmouth's student paper examined Schnell's work before and after November 2022. All pre-ChatGPT pieces tested as human-written, while nine post-launch articles had a median AI score of 96 percent.
Schnell admits to using chatbots
Schnell acknowledged using AI tools but claimed they only helped with language refinement and copyediting. He said he developed all ideas, conducted research, and made final decisions on what appeared in print.
“I regard these technologies as assistive tools”
His defense statement was also AI-written
When Schnell's statement to The Dartmouth was run through Pangram, it came back as 100 percent AI-written. He later claimed he drafted it himself then used AI to assist with language and clarity.
Students call for his firing
Opinion editor Eli Moyse wrote that if students submitted AI-written papers without acknowledgement, they would violate academic honor codes. Schnell's position makes his actions an insult to the university and readers.
“If students at Dartmouth used AI to write an entire paper without acknowledgement and then submitted it to their professor, they would be in clear violation of the Academic Honor Principle”
At a glance
A top university administrator used AI to write published pieces without disclosure, then faced calls for his firing when caught by student journalists.
