A large-scale comparison of human-written versus ChatGPT-generated essays
ChatGPT and similar generative AI models have attracted hundreds of millions of users and have become part of the public discourse. Many believe that such models will disrupt society and lead to significant changes in the education system and information generation. So far, this belief is based on either colloquial evidence or benchmarks from the owners of the models-both lack scientific rigor. We systematically assess the quality of AI-generated content through a large-scale study comparing hum
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Published: 30 October 2023
Source: OpenAlex
Category: Research
Topics: Children & education
Retrieved: 14 July 2026
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