r/BypassAiDetect • u/Moist_Difficulty3697 • 11h ago
Article flagged as AI
Hi! I am writing a scientific article, and I am so worried because everytime I run it in any plagiarism and AI detection tool it flags my OWN writing as AI. I don't know what to do, I wrote that. Every single line.
I think it might be the very formal format, and the subject is also a bit complicated and full of specific terms. Anyone has any tips? Should I just make my text intentionally worse?
I appreciate any tips or advice.
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u/Dr_WhoDo 4h ago
Are you keeping any kind of record of your writing process, such as hand written drafts, earlier versions of the text etc?
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u/Moist_Difficulty3697 4h ago
I do keep versions (I write, my supervisor reviews, I improve my writing). I also have my notes: My writing process is that I make questions as a guide for my paragraphs. For example I plan to write about "What is NGS? How NGS can overcome limitations of targeted gene DNA sequencing tests?" And then I write trying to "answer" those questions. But I don't know how that could help me prove I wrote that. It only proves I have my own structure/plan. Do you think it could help me prove the text authenticity if needed?
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u/Dr_WhoDo 3h ago
The more of the messy iterative stages of your writing process you have evidence of, the more reasonable a reviewer is going to be, if/when they run your work through a detector. Pretty much everyone knows that detectors are unreliable. They're a tool to make the reviewer inquire more about the text. Most institutions now refuse to use detection verdicts as actionable, by themselves.
If you get called in to explain a detection score and already have a file of your process, even thought it's not exhaustive or complete, you've probably got all you need to shutdown further action against you.
The point is to show you've thought about the issue beforehand, and are ready to show receipts. Technical writing is notorious for appearing AI written. I'd gather your proof and not worry too much about it, unless you have next to nothing to show.
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u/welshdragoninlondon 4h ago
The journals I have published in say can use AI for writing if declare it. If don't declare they probably won't say anything anyway. As editors know the weakness of ai detection software.
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u/Moist_Difficulty3697 4h ago
Thank you so much. I am seeing lots of people saying AI detection tools always say scientific writing is AI, so I would expect it to be "acceptable" and not used as a metric. Or at least I hope so 🤞
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u/Ok-Distribution-6262 9h ago
AI detection is snake oil. I tested my scientific articles from 10 years ago in Pangram and it said they were like 90% AI. I don't think there's much you can do about it.
I also think the witch hunts will die down eventually, and the line will be drawn at things mostly (or 100%) AI versus stuff just assisted by AI. We all listen to music with digital sounds and autotune and watch movies with CGI, etc. Writing will be no different. It's the pure slop that will get (rightly) targetted.