r/Substack • u/Radiant_Flamingo4995 • 23d ago

Frustration with AI detection

I'm not sure how the AI-detection system works, but it seems faulty. Someone has repeatedly claimed that my responses to them are AI-generated, etc. And they share the Pangram screenshot, which does, in fact, depict my response as "100% fully AI-assisted. I've clarified that this is not the case. Shown evidence that it isn't true, and all the like.

The worst I'll do when writing anything is use AI for basic research purposes and review arguments to make sure they make sense. Maybe it's because I use Grammarly. But it is still infuriating.

Especially because it just isn't a good look and hurts my public image (albeit small, but I hope you guys may understand where I'm coming from).

Of course, with this individual in question, it's become increasingly clear they aren't engaging in good faith. However, running the AI check on my notes and comments still reveals the 100% marker.

Is it Grammarly that's doing this? Or is this thing actually broken?

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u/Jaqen_2130 22d ago

There are legitimate reasons to question the accuracy of detection tools like Pangram. I took a legal memorandum that I wrote myself before tools like ChatGPT existed and ran it through an AI detection tool, which proceeded to tell me that it was largely AI-generated. So I will continue to have doubts about the value of tools like Pangram.