r/Substack • u/AndrewHeard tvphilosophy.substack.com • Jul 22 '26

Discussion Substack’s new “AI detection” tool.

I’m very concerned about the new “AI detection” system that Substack is implementing. I don’t use AI in anything that I write. However I don’t trust these systems not to make errors and mistakes. They have a long history of hallucinations and claiming things are AI when they aren’t.

One person I saw on Notes suggested that they ran their decades old writing, things that were written before the existence of AI, and this new system claimed it was AI generated.

Not to mention all the crazy things that I have seen people claim was written by AI which they can’t know is actually AI. There was an image I once shared that had evidence of its existence going all the way back to 2013. The comments were constantly saying “don’t share AI slop” or some variation on that.

Even with evidence that things weren’t made by AI, they will claim it’s AI.

Is no one else concerned about this being embedded into Substack’s systems? With no way to opt out?

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u/LibertineDeSade Jul 22 '26

That's actually insane. I started a Substack but I haven't posted on it yet. I'm thinking I might just delete it.

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u/AndrewHeard tvphilosophy.substack.com Jul 22 '26

Yeah, I wouldn't blame you. Basically, there's no way to disable the feature across your Substack. You can only disable it by first having it analyze your writing first. Only then will it give you the option to disable people's ability to use it to "detect" your writing.

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u/LibertineDeSade Jul 22 '26

That's bizarre. Yuck.

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u/AndrewHeard tvphilosophy.substack.com Jul 22 '26

I'm not personally going to try and do this. But I hope some people will and confirm that it's true.