UPDATE False AI Accusation: Help me!
So I have an update- not exciting at all on my post that I made
Here is the post: So basically I had these two essays I turned in to my teacher through this software "Turnitin"
Anyways, I guess I got flagged for AI(50-65% I think?) But I did not use AI. So I went in to see my teacher but he had insisted that while softwares can make mistakes, the percentages were too high, and it had flagged both of my essays, and it had flagged similar areas. So he said it seemed really suspicious.
And I had written my essays on the apple notes app instead of a doc because my google drive hadn't been working. The problem with the notes app is that it doesn't have a version history. So I was in a place where I couldn't really prove anything to him. I offered to show him my search history but I guess he didn't want to see it, he kind of like said yeah and then never tried to look at it or asked me to pull it up so. Anyways this is where I did something very stupid. My teacher told me to resubmit the essays I wrote so that he could run it through a different system. He said that if this sytem flagged AI then I would be getting zeros on my assignment. He had already put the zeros in and my grade had tanked 10 points. I was panicking and anxious, like spiraling because it was so unfair to me, and if the first system flagged me, the obviously the second system would probably flag me. Those were my spiraling thoughts. So I made some edits to my essays and then turned them in. But like I thought about it and wtf was I even doing? So I sent him an email apologizing and fessing up that I edited them before turning them in the second time because I was anxious and gave him the og essays. But it's break rn so i'm not even sure he's seen it. But how do I even prove to him I didn't use AI? I can't have this on my record or have this tank my grade, it's so unfair because I didn't use AI!!! What do I even do? I've lwk fallen into a depression and I can't do that because I have so much stuff to study for but this has just knocked all motivation out of me. I've been worried sick about this all break, and I just can't focus on anything else, and I feel this knot of dread and anxiety constantly which is the norm for me since I experience an anxiety disorder, but this one is liked based and like it's an actual worse case scenario going on. What do I even do?
Here is the UPDATE:
So break is over now and my teacher hasn't responded to my email that I sent- so I'm not sure if he just didn't see it or is choosing not to respond. He also hasn't said anything to me about this situation, so I'm not even sure if he has run my essays through the second system. I thought I should give him some time so I waited until today- but still no word from him! And I doubt he's forgotten- and even if he had he 100% would have remembered when he saw me again after break- it was like a 5 day break. I'm so frustrated, he could have at the least given me an update. I think I'm going to go and talk to him tomorrow- what do I even say? but yeah- that's where I'm at😭
Posted Dec 3, 2025, 1:23 AM UTC