The leading indicator for me is the amount of emails and, god forbid, more personal messages (like birthday wishes!) I see that are obviously AI generated. It just keeps on rising. If you’re not able to dash off a quick message without the help of AI I have to assume you’re using it heavily elsewhere too.
I have sympathy for the university students too, we’re all bombarded with rhetoric about AI being the future. And I remember being incredibly nervous emailing my lecturer (am I phrasing this right? Is it respectful enough?) that I can imagine leaning on AI myself had it been available back in the day. But I’m glad it wasn’t, it’s an important skill to work out this stuff. They’re going to land an in person interview when they graduate and stumble around unable to effectively answer the questions they’re asked in real time.
Not necessarily. It can be either an AI interview or a record that will be analysed by AI later. So there’s a chance to cheat here as well.