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AI Detectors: The Most Terrifying Threat to Writers Everywhere
And you thought actual AI writing was the problem…
You might see that headline and think I’m click-baiting you. I swear I’m not — I don’t make a habit of trying to scare people, and I generally don’t think framing anything as terrifying is beneficial. But there’s something a lot of writers might not know about, or at the very least something I didn’t know about, that could have truly terrifying implications for writers everywhere.
We all need to be wary of AI detectors.
You’ve probably heard about AI writing and how it’s a potential threat to writers everywhere, but I’ve recently come to the conclusion that AI generators are not the real threat. Sure, they’re a threat, but I’m more concerned with the many AI detectors created to determine whether a person’s writing is written by AI or all human-generated. That’s the real threat because, in my experience, these AI detectors are startlingly inconsistent.
What are AI detectors?
If you’re like me, at least like how I was up until a week ago, you probably have never heard much about AI writing tools, let alone AI detector tools! I’ve dabbled in AI only very recently when I tried out ChatGPT to write a form letter to send to my state senators…
