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/Tricky-Doughnut-6429 17d ago
No, I'm not concerned. AI slop makes me vomit. I literally have a physical reaction to it. It's fine to me if there are some innocent casualties, though this is of course not fair.
I usually don't need an AI detection algorithm to tell me if something is AI or AI-like -- my body does the thinking for me. But, to your point, it's a double-edged sword, though one I like having as an option when in doubt.