{"id":7095,"date":"2024-10-09T17:27:14","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T17:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/home\/?p=7095"},"modified":"2024-10-16T20:32:01","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T20:32:01","slug":"study-reveals-ais-bias-in-college-admissions-essays-toward-male-privileged-narratives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/home\/study-reveals-ais-bias-in-college-admissions-essays-toward-male-privileged-narratives\/","title":{"rendered":"Study Reveals AI&#8217;s Bias in College Admissions Essays Toward Male, Privileged Narratives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-blockquote uagb-block-e7eb3fc3 uagb-blockquote__skin-border uagb-blockquote__stack-img-none\"><blockquote class=\"uagb-blockquote\"><div class=\"uagb-blockquote__content\">A new study from Cornell University highlights how AI-generated college admissions essays mimic the writing styles of male, privileged students, sparking a conversation about the inherent biases of AI tools in educational settings.<\/div><footer><div class=\"uagb-blockquote__author-wrap uagb-blockquote__author-at-left\"><\/div><\/footer><\/blockquote><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-space-between is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-0dfbf163 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><div style=\"font-size:16px;\" class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-post-author\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__content\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-author__name\">The University Network<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-social-share uagb-social-share__outer-wrap uagb-social-share__layout-horizontal uagb-block-ee584a31\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-social-share-child uagb-ss-repeater uagb-ss__wrapper uagb-block-ec619ce7\"><span class=\"uagb-ss__link\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"facebook\"><span class=\"uagb-ss__source-wrap\"><span class=\"uagb-ss__source-icon\"><svg xmlns=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\"><path d=\"M504 256C504 119 393 8 256 8S8 119 8 256c0 123.8 90.69 226.4 209.3 245V327.7h-63V256h63v-54.64c0-62.15 37-96.48 93.67-96.48 27.14 0 55.52 4.84 55.52 4.84v61h-31.28c-30.8 0-40.41 19.12-40.41 38.73V256h68.78l-11 71.69h-57.78V501C413.3 482.4 504 379.8 504 256z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-social-share-child uagb-ss-repeater uagb-ss__wrapper uagb-block-32d99934\"><span class=\"uagb-ss__link\" data-href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"twitter\"><span class=\"uagb-ss__source-wrap\"><span class=\"uagb-ss__source-icon\"><svg xmlns=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\"><path d=\"M389.2 48h70.6L305.6 224.2 487 464H345L233.7 318.6 106.5 464H35.8L200.7 275.5 26.8 48H172.4L272.9 180.9 389.2 48zM364.4 421.8h39.1L151.1 88h-42L364.4 421.8z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-social-share-child uagb-ss-repeater uagb-ss__wrapper uagb-block-1d136f14\"><span class=\"uagb-ss__link\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?url=\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"linkedin\"><span class=\"uagb-ss__source-wrap\"><span class=\"uagb-ss__source-icon\"><svg xmlns=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\"><path d=\"M416 32H31.9C14.3 32 0 46.5 0 64.3v383.4C0 465.5 14.3 480 31.9 480H416c17.6 0 32-14.5 32-32.3V64.3c0-17.8-14.4-32.3-32-32.3zM135.4 416H69V202.2h66.5V416zm-33.2-243c-21.3 0-38.5-17.3-38.5-38.5S80.9 96 102.2 96c21.2 0 38.5 17.3 38.5 38.5 0 21.3-17.2 38.5-38.5 38.5zm282.1 243h-66.4V312c0-24.8-.5-56.7-34.5-56.7-34.6 0-39.9 27-39.9 54.9V416h-66.4V202.2h63.7v29.2h.9c8.9-16.8 30.6-34.5 62.9-34.5 67.2 0 79.7 44.3 79.7 101.9V416z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Artificial intelligence may be transforming the way students approach college admissions essays, but a new study by researchers at Cornell University suggests that this technological aid comes with notable biases. The findings, <a href=\"https:\/\/journalofbigdata.springeropen.com\/articles\/10.1186\/s40537-024-00986-7\" title=\"\">published<\/a> in the Journal of Big Data, reveal that AI-generated essays tend to mirror the writing styles of male students from higher socioeconomic backgrounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe wanted to find out what these patterns that we see in human-written essays look like in a ChatGPT world,\u201d co-corresponding author AJ Alvero, an assistant research professor of information science at Cornell University, said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2024\/10\/ai-generated-college-admissions-essays-sound-male-privileged\">news release<\/a>. \u201cIf there is the strong connection with human writing and identity, how does that compare in AI-written essays?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alvero\u2019s team scrutinized over 150,000 college admissions essays, submitted to the University of California system and an elite East Coast engineering program, alongside 25,000 essays generated by AI models GPT-3.5 and GPT-4, prompted with identical essay questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their analysis utilized the Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC), a program designed to measure writing features and compare them against predefined lexicons. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The results revealed that AI-generated essays &#8220;sound&#8221; most like those written by male students from privileged backgrounds. Notably, AI tended to use longer words and exhibited less stylistic variety compared to human essays. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, despite having no real affiliations, AI wrote about groups and organizations at rates similar to human writers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Discussing the broader implications, co-author Rene Kizilcec, an associate professor of information science at Cornell, stressed the potential misuse of AI in crafting college essays. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s likely that students are going to be using AI to help them craft these essays \u2013 probably not asking it to just write the whole thing, but rather asking it for help and feedback,\u201d Kizilcec said in the news release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He cautioned that AI-generated suggestions might not reflect a student\u2019s authentic voice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s important to remember that if you use an AI to help you write an essay, it&#8217;s probably going to sound less like you and more like something quite generic,\u201d he added. \u201cAnd students need to know that for the people reading these essays, it won\u2019t be too difficult for them to figure out who has used AI extensively. The key will be to use it to help students tell their own stories and to enhance what they want to convey, not to replace their own voice.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As tools like ChatGPT become increasingly integrated into educational environments, this study underscores the need for awareness regarding their biases and limitations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artificial intelligence may be transforming the way students approach college admissions essays, but a new study by researchers at Cornell University suggests that this technological aid comes with notable biases. 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