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  1. Justin Fisher's avatar

    To be worth using, a detector needs not only (A) not get very many false positives, but also (B) get…

  2. Mark's avatar

    Everything you say is true, but what is the alternative? I don’t think people are advocating a return to in-class…

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    Cyber security professional here -reliably determining when a computational artifact (file, etc.) was created is *hard*. This is sorta why…

  5. sahpa's avatar

    Agreed with the other commentator. It is extremely unlikely that Pangram’s success is due to its cheating by reading metadata.

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Good Wishes to Our Colleagues at the U of Alabama

Brian Leiter

Tornados have whipped through the region today.  Please post updates about the situation in the comments.

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3 responses to “Good Wishes to Our Colleagues at the U of Alabama”

  1. Seth Bordner

    I can confirm that Scott Hestevold, Rekha Nath, Stu Rachels, Richard Richards and Norvin Richards are all *safe*. The entire city is reportedly without power, so first-hand updates may be slow in arriving.

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  2. Seth Bordner

    Chase Wrenn, Seth Shabo, and Justin Klocksiem are also safe.

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  3. Seth Bordner

    Torin Alter, safe as well.

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