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College application essays can now be read by AI
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November 9, 2023
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1:37Now PlayingResearchers in Colorado and Pennsylvania have developed a series of artificial intelligence tools that can scan through open-ended essays in college applications.
The study was published in October in the journal “Science Advances” and was developed by researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder and University of Pennsylvania.
“We advocate for transparency, where the AI provides explanations and clearly communicates when it is less confident in its decisions,” said Sidney D’Mello, professor in the Institute of Cognitive Science and Department of Computer Science at CU Boulder. “People can then decide for themselves how much they should trust it.”
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