Student Voices Frustration as Supervisor Cancels Project, Accusing Her of Using AI

According to Zainab, she had worked on the first chapter of her research project and submitted it to her supervisor for review. However, the supervisor crossed out the entire chapter with a red inked pen, stating, "You used AI."

Student Voices Frustration as Supervisor Cancels Project, Accusing Her of Using AI

In a recent online post that has since gone viral, final year university student named Zainab expressed her frustration after her project work was canceled by her supervisor who claimed that it was "AI generated. "

According to Zainab, she had worked on the first chapter of her research project and submitted it to her supervisor for review. However, the supervisor crossed out the entire chapter with a red inked pen, stating, "You used AI."

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In a video she posted on Tiktok,  Zainab displayed the image of her canceled project, accompanied by her caption, “This is my school. See what the project supervisor said. AI as how?”

The post quickly garnered attention from netizens who sympathized with her plight, while adding that AI is very important inresesrch work. One user commented, " God help me, seeing this when I’m thinking of using AI for my MSc thesis

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Another added, "This is exactly what I’m facing right now, Let me collect my chapter one first before I decide what to say"

Another user refuted her claim, highlighting that her work is truly AI generated as it has no citations, "No in-text citation. It’s AI-generated", he explained.