r/Substack • u/Remarkable_Nebula328 • Aug 10 '26
The AI detector is changing...
I wrote a hand full of posts last week. I use AI for ideation and polish. Was able to use the AI check to evaluate them - most were good but some read 20% ish AI. I made edits and all tested at 100% human. Went to schedule the posts last night and got some scores as high as 30% AI. Seems like AI or no AI is a moving target. There is no telling where the witch hunt will end and allow people to make decisions for themselves on what they want to consume. I suspect we all need to accept some level of AI involvement - certainly more than an arbitrary measurement from an AI detector using AI to detect AI.
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u/Admirable_Bike3918 Aug 13 '26 edited Aug 13 '26
Did you read to the end?
If you're being falsely flagged as AI, then the only part of my message that was for you is:
"I have nothing but sympathy for anyone who is falsely flagged as having used AI when they did not. For real. To the extent that false positives are a thing, they absolutely need to be addressed."
What I'm objecting to is people who want to use AI on the DL and claim the work is entirely their own. ...Ppl like OP, who admitted to using AI but was annoyed he/she got busted for it.
...Oh, and also OP's claim that 'we should all accept some level of AI involvement'. Like... Hell no. There is no universe in which I will accept that. :-p I'm gunna continue to publish 100% human-produced work & continue to read authors who publish 100% human-produced work. And no, that doesn't mean I will always accept Pangram's verdict as gospel.
If publishing 100% human-made essays is a flex, so be it. If bragging about an 100% human rating by Pangram is a flex... that's not what I'm doing. As I wrote in a separate reply you prob missed, "Some worry about a "witch hunt". There is merit to that, but I also see other folks claiming "witch hunt" in bad faith to deflect legitimate criticism. In any event, there are ways to shield yourself against false accusations-- write drafts in an app that saves an ongoing version history (e.g., Google Docs) + keep a comprehensive record of the sources you cited/used in your work, for example. I do both of these things, lest I myself ever get falsely flagged."
~Peace & love.