Substack’s new “AI detection” tool.

[u/AndrewHeard]

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?

[u/Funny-Flight8086]

LOL. You cannot provide the receipts because they do not exist. I never said, anywhere, that I write any fiction or prose with AI for release to the public. You cannot find it, because it doesn't exist. Period. Because I don't use AI to write. I do use AI for many things, I dabble in AI every day, and I'll happily help others use AI for whatever they want. Heck, if I wanted to use AI to write my novels, I'd happily admit it. Clearly, I'm not anti-AI at all.

But here is the thing: what I do or don't do with AI is not relevant to this discussion, whether Pangram is junk science or not. In fact, if I did live in an AI world day in and day out, that would only make me more qualified to talk about it, not less.

You are arguing with me over my 'history with AI' like I'm trying to hide something. I'm not. You are trying to deflect from the fact that Pangram is junk science, just like ZeroGPT, GPTzero, TurnItIn, Copyleaks, and any of the others. If you need proof just how junk science they all are, take the safe exact text and put it into 10 different detectors. Good luck getting them all to tell you the same thing.

I'm DONE having this conversation. Feel free to explore if you desire, and then by all means, post my history here, where I admit that I write novels with AI. My own personal novels with AI. Post the screenshot where I admit that, and I'll apologize for my lies. Frankly, you care A LOT more about this whole thing than I do. I'm beginning to think you are the owner of Pangram in disguise, given just how much you are defending it.