This is a super interesting conversation. Our kids have a large vocabulary and our oldest got flagged for using AI on a college essay her freshman year. She had to meet with the professor and convince him that it was, in fact, genuinely her voice. They were able to work it out, but it really scared me as a parent of eloquent writers.
I listen to a lot of college admissions podcasts and it seems like many of the AO’s want to see unique ideas and proper punctuation. I feel bad for these kids sometimes, the technology comes at them so fast and it’s hard to know where to draw the line. Especially if you think other people are getting an advantage by knowing how to use it in a more nuanced way, like asking it for tips rather than rewriting your whole essay.