Initial Audit Outline
The Turing Police’s AI Audit, Policy Development, and Initial Implementation Guidance program takes 8 weeks.
It proceeds through the following phases:
Phase 1: Reconnaissance
In this phase, we work to find the problem areas, pain points, and structural flaws in the current approach to AI. This phase includes:
Meetings with faculty to understand current pain points.
Meetings with students to understand causes of AI abuse, such as time pressure, competition anxiety, work avoidance, inability to perform tasks without AI, and/or addiction. This involves meetings with several focus groups, including student governments, focus groups of student leaders, and focus groups of randomly selected students.
Meetings with parents to understand why parents are either permitting or blocking AI use at home, such as competition anxiety, lack of technical knowledge, or a desire to reduce stress around procrastination.
Meetings with the scheduling team to understand the possibilities and limits in scheduling AI-proof assignments, such as full-day “Writing Days” in which students write 5-8 page papers under supervision.
Meeting with the general counsel to understand the legal landscape and internal policies that may affect AI policy recommendations.
Meeting with the administration and board of directors to understand possible responses or blowback to various AI policy approaches.
Meeting with the IT team to understand the capabilities of your current system, as well as the possibilities of potential upgrades.
Phase 2: Initial Policy Development
In this phase, working in conjunction with advisory committees of students and faculty, we work to create an initial policy proposal. This phase includes:
Creation of student and faculty advisory committees.
Development of recommended AI-proof grading systems.
Development of detection approaches.
Development of an internal jurisprudence system for follow-up investigations (similar to the process by which judges issue warrants).
Development of a framework for amnesty.
Development of a framework for student committees or faculty counselors to help students who are willing to voluntarily come forward to admit to AI abuse.
Development of a framework for punishments for AI-based academic fraud.
Phase 3: Administrative and Legal Overview
In this phase, the initial proposal is reviewed by the legal team and administration. Adjustments are made as needed. This helps ensure that the final proposal is in accord with institutional goals, internal policies, and applicable laws.
Phase 4: Presentation to the School Community
In this phase, policies and changes are presented to the school community. This phase includes:
An initial “town hall” style presentation in which parents and students learn about new policies, particularly amnesty policies. There will be ample opportunities for parents and students to ask questions, voice concerns, etc.
After the town hall, some changes may be made.
Phase 5: The First Amnesty
The initial amnesty is offered. The smart students take it.
Phase 6: The First Bloodbath
The initial investigation turns up massive amounts of AI-fraud. Students face the punishments in the policy recommendations. This phase may lead to a significant number of suspensions and expulsions. Students may see staggering drops in GPA, and some may be required to repeat grades.
Phase 7: The Second Amnesty
A second, less generous amnesty is offered. Any student with an ounce of self-interest comes forward.
Phase 8: Implementation of Ongoing Detection
Working with the IT and legal teams, an ongoing detection process is implemented. This may include regular AI audits, in which the latest AI detectors are used to recheck past assignments for AI use.
Phase 9: Implementation of AI-Proof Curricular and Grading Changes
Writing Days and other AI-Proof grading methods are added.
Initial training for teachers is presented.
Your school is now nearly invulnerable to AI-abuse.
Phase 10: Success
AI Abuse will stop.
Your school will attract and retain the best teachers.
Educational quality will dramatically increase.
Your school’s reputation will improve.
Your graduates will be more sought after by employers and universities.