What Exactly Is Plagiarism, and How Do LLMs Work?
To determine if ChatGPT is guilty of plagiarism, you should first understand what constitutes plagiarism.
Plagiarism involves using another person’s words, ideas, or work without proper attribution.
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This includes directly copying text from a source without citation or closely paraphrasing someone else’s ideas without acknowledgment.
This leads to debates about the ethics and legality of such practices.
Many see this as plagiarism and, for many websites, content theft.
However, pinpointing the exact sources of plagiarism is difficult.
Does ChatGPT Plagiarize Essays?
In this first example, we tasked ChatGPT with composing a 300-word essay on mental health issues.
Microsoft’s built-in similarity checker reported zero percent similarity with online sources.
Considering the small percentage of detected plagiarism, kinda looks ChatGPT does not directly copy essays from existing sources.
Does ChatGPT Plagiarize Code?
To assess whether ChatGPT plagiarizes code, we tasked the chatbot with writing code for a calculator in Python.
When we prompted ChatGPT to generate a code for a calculator from different accounts, the responses appeared different.
Instead, it draws upon the dataset it was trained on to generate code independently.
Does ChatGPT Plagiarize Mathematical Solutions?
PapersOwl’s plagiarism detector indicated a nearly 46 percent similarity between the chatbot’s generated reasoning and online sources.
Similarly, the Trinka plagiarism detector reported more than 10 percent similarity.
This is mainly because solutions and reasoning for math problems are often standard and widely available online.
Does ChatGPT Use Content From Blogs?
Microsoft Word detected 10 percent plagiarism in the generated text.
Upon digging further, some of the text in the chatbot’s response matched the content on some blogs.
The plagiarism percentage in the generated responses was much higher.
Should You Use ChatGPT for Work or School?
Don’t use ChatGPT for your school assignments if you’re a student.
Instructors can usetools such as GPTZeroand Turnitin’s AI writing detector to spot AI-generated content.
Not to mention, you’re really only cheating yourself by not studying the topic properly.
Can youuse the chatbot to improve your work performance?
So, while our findings might be helpful, they shouldn’t be taken as absolute facts.
