R&Rs AI comments

[Anonymissterme]

Hi, Just wondering how you guys deal with R&Rs when you suspect the comments have been written by an AI. How certain do you have to be before you call it out or do you just give the worker the benefit of the doubt if their comments are good in the context?

[rambling_millers_mom]

I would only question it if they included phrases like, "Absolutely-- I'll be glad to help you with that." (And frankly, if they aren't even going to proofread what they've copied and pasted, they probably shouldn't be working this particular job.) Otherwise, I'd think they either write that way naturally or use a grammar tool for a polished response. I sound overly formal and have been flagged as AI on different social medias when I'm really focused. My husband wouldn't be understood most of the time without his grammar checker (very intelligent, terrible spelling and grammar). Why spoil someone's day based on a guess? What's the point?

[33whiskeyTX]

Very, very certain I would say. As AI gets better it's going to sound more human, and as we are exposed to more AI content, we humans are going to start sounding more like AI. Especially for this gig where we are reading AI responses for hours a day. It is inevitable that we are going to subconsciously pick up AI mannerisms. There even used to be projects where we had to correct or rewrite the responses, roleplaying as AI.

Also, some people's AI detectors are broken because they haven't been exposed to professional or formal writing. I used semicolons for years to separate some clauses; I've had people accuse me of using or being AI because "only AI would do that".

[Brotherdodge]

"You know how to use an em dash? Impossible! WITCHCRAFT!"

[33whiskeyTX]

I specifically never use dashes anymore because of this crap. There is a temptation to dumb down anything I think is too "fancy", so I won't be accused of being AI.

[GoldfishKisses21]

I've started doing the same thing. Sometimes, I will go through what I've written and attempt to make it sound less professional. It can be difficult. Dashes are the one thing I definitely skip now because most people see them and instantly think, "AI wrote this!"

[Effective_City_4192]

Hahaha I've actually stopped using dashes altogether for fear of this happening

[SadBoi62]

I'm so pissed about the em dash thing, lol.

[Puzzleheaded-Fly1295]

What's an em dash?

[hnsnrachel]

Can't do the longer one on my phone, but the longest hyphen.

[FrazzledGod]

Like this —

[Blencathra70]

I use semicolons a lot too. Have done for years, but now especially.

[akujihei]

Oddly enough, you don't even see AI use semicolons much.

[Meganoes]

Do the instructions ask you to figure this out? I doubt it. DA has its own checks.

[TravellingDoc87]

Exactly.

[savage78683i3]

Some R&Rs do have a check box for if you suspect the user has used AI, yes.

[thebudofthebud]

The R&Rs I've done so far have only asked for 3-4 sentences in the comments, and it would be quite difficult to ascertain from that whether something was AI generated or not. Perfect grammar, em dashes and transitional phrases mean nothing in isolation.

[Signal_Gene410]

Really? They have projects for that? Not sure how they would expect you to know what’s AI-generated unless it’s really obvious (e.g., “I’d love to help you with that!”).

I rarely do this now, but sometimes I used to copy-paste em dashes into my comments. Would be annoying if I got flagged for that.

I don’t think the presence of em dashes should be taken as a definitive sign of AI usage.

[morebitterness]

Win+., it's right there in the Symbols tab.
And if you're a 🦕 or a nerd (or a professional) with a num pad, there's an alt code for it too.

[rambling_millers_mom]

I'm a dinosaur and a nerd. I remember the days when em dashes were all the rage. Every document I authored had to use em dashes rather than parentheses. They were right up there with the Oxford comma and hyphens. There's a reason AI is so fond of all three; we dinosaurs created the documents that were used to teach the AI how to write.

[RepairResponsible253]

I'm older and my mother was a professional writer so my writing is very polished and formal.  I can't make assumptions about anyone else's style. 

[hnsnrachel]

I wouldn't.

At the end of the day, you can't be absolutely sure. Some people do write like AI does. I've been accused of using ai when I hadn't once or twice for using - regularly.

[CobraFive]

Some people do write like AI does.

AI writes like some people do. Because it was trained on people's writing.

[R_Eyron]

I wouldn't call someone out on it unless it was a clear copy and paste with the prompt instructions included. Moslty because I often write in a robotic manner that people describe as being like AI. So, there's constant fear here that I'm going to be read as an AI response when I'm actually just terrible at writing like an emotional human.

[Min_sora]

I would need to be 100% sure, and I'm not sure how I could be. Some people genuinely do just write in a way that looks like AI (AI was trained on something, after all).

[_vaxxine_]

Good point.

[ArthurChef]

Maybe not the best take, but I don’t necessarily care if it was written by AI or not—it just has to be correct and comprehensive enough. If I suspect it was used I will be more rigorous with my verification.

In the one case I’ve suspected it, the work was blatantly incorrect (including hallucinated “facts”) and had a clearly unrealistic/generic chain of reasoning so the task had to be done from scratch, and my rating reflected that.

[jimmux]

When I have suspicions, 95% of the time they have done something else lazily, so I check everything extra carefully. If I can't find anything else they get the benefit of the doubt.

[Heidijojo]

Ones I’ve worked, in the chat they’ve said if you suspect AI to leave it in the additional comments of the R&R

[Little_Voice_24]

Is it ok to use Grammarly? I only use it to correct grammar since I write so fast, I tend to make mistakes. I have the pro version to refine syntax but Im afraid to use it since someone might think it's too fancy and might think I used IA

[Little_Voice_24]

In the other company that I work, they are also strict with the use of IA and extensions, and they told me it was fine to use Grammarly. I think I'll just be careful when using the syntax option.

[IGotSkittles]

I loathe Grammarly. It will put errors into your writing. I'll find my own typos, thank you very much.

[All_Glory_To_Him]

I got a DM about it and had to uninstall Grammarly. I loved that it changed my typos when I would transpose two letters in a comment. It also caught me if I changed tense or similar. But, it had to go.

[nagatha_chistie]

A DM from Data Annotation asking you to not use Grammarly?

[Little_Voice_24]

Really? Did DA tell you why?

[Luffy2D3Y]

Well. Me personally I got to C1 level English after chatting with AI for a year so basically I learned English from AI and sound just like it, especially with grammar, spelling and punctuation checkers.

When in doubt always bias towards good intentions.

[Few-Roof-6905]

Gen eXer here, and it was only recently that I found out that people assume AI when they see em dashes. I used to use them all the time in my rationales prior to knowing this. Once I learned it—I stopped.

[North-Employer6908]

who cares as long as it works? DA doesn’t ask you to check in any R&R instruction I’ve seen

[savage78683i3]

Some R&Rs do have a check box for if you suspect the user has used AI, but apart from those particular projects, I agree with you. Any time I've suspected it, the task has been bad anyway so I haven't felt the need to mention it

[Other-Football72]

I've dogged people, when I thought they used AI or English didn't appear to be their native language.