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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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In Memoriam: Sara Ruddick (1935-2011)

MOVING TO FRONT FROM MARCH 23–SEE UPDATE

The well-known feminist philosopher, who taught for many years at the New School, has passed away.  There is an informative New York Times obituary here.

UPDATE:  There is now a memorial webpage here.

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