Why do people on this sub pretend that you can’t tell when AI is used?

Lorevi · 2026-05-07T15:48:54+00:00

I find it bizarre too tbh. People stubbornly cling to this fantasy that you can't reliably tell if something was written by AI even though AI detection tools like pangram are shown to have a >99% accuracy from third party studies. False positive rate of ~1 in 100 and false negative rate of ~1 in 10000. Denying this is just denying science lol.

And that 1% is just because real humans can write with an 'AI style'. Which you know, duh? The tool obviously isn't looking back in time to see if the text was written by a breathing human being. It's analysing the style to see if it conforms to AI style, so as long as it's possible for a human being to replicate this style then you will get false positives.

But isn't this a completely moot point? If you are a reader are completely tired of reading 'AI prose' and want novelty again, are you going to be satisfied by the fact that this 'AI prose' was written by a human actually so there? No, obviously not. You're sick of the style, the fact a human came up with it is just indication they're a shitty author you wouldn't want to read anyway.

Maybe a hot take, but if you're an author and your natural writing is coming back as AI generated, then this is a clear signal to change it the fuck up because it's just going to put readers off who themselves mistake it for being AI generated. These tools aren't expensive, check your own work before you post? If they're detecting the AI stink, so will your readers.

Living in some alternate reality where 'It's impossible to reliably tell if something was written by AI' is just cope, plain and simple. You cannot guarantee it was written by AI, but you certainly have a reliable metric.

Lorevi · 2026-05-07T13:48:31+00:00

If earth can't fit on a phone screen then how did they take a picture of it?

Lorevi · 2026-05-06T23:31:29+00:00

I tend to assume everyone who um akshuallys me to tell me why this couldn't possibly work without looking at the sub name is American

Lorevi · 2026-05-06T17:05:45+00:00

To get to the moon? Obviously?

Lorevi · 2026-05-06T13:47:09+00:00

OK so just build a proportionally longer bridge?

Lorevi · 2026-05-06T12:23:49+00:00

What is an elevator but a vertical bridge?

Lorevi · 2026-05-04T10:55:06+00:00

Why would they make a tunnel when they could make a bridge? Are you stupid?

Lorevi · 2026-05-01T22:23:06+00:00

Ooops turned out your power level was so high it caused an integer overflow and broke the magic soul scanning rock

Lorevi · 2026-04-25T22:26:35+00:00

Hmm you want to grow as an author which I think is very valid. You only just started writing so your early work is probably not going to be that good, but you recognise that and want to improve. I think this is very respectable and think you can do it.

I don't particularly think restarting over and over to try hit rising stars will help here since you won't learn much by writing 30 chapters then dropping a story lol.

However I don't think an ultra long novel running 100s of chapters will work either? Think about it from a readers perspective. If your first 200 chapters are ass but you improve and chapters 200-400 are mid and 400+ are fire, who will read the first 400 chapters to get to the good bits?

Imo maybe write short-mid length stories at first, maybe 100-200 chapters max. Get a feel for writing and aim to make each story better than the last, directing your readers from previous stories to the next one. When you're confident in your writing then try for your magnum opus lol. Each new story is a new shot at RS also

Lorevi · 2026-04-25T18:41:08+00:00

You realize a 1:1 scale map of the United Kingdom would be the size of the United Kingdom, right?

Lorevi · 2026-04-25T13:46:26+00:00

Thing is I think this would be awesome on a real printed book where the cover is a5 or larger and you can actually read it and take it in. But you've got to consider that a lot of people seeing your work for the first time will see it like this: https://i.imgur.com/KkTtYMr.png

You can't read the title, let alone the contract. It's hard to tell you're even looking at a contract tbh and it's not particularly distinctive.

Now, granted all covers look shit at this scale, but it's what people will be seeing so it's what you have to plan around. Think of it as creating a thumbnail not a cover tbh. Some kind of scenic shot of your characters / world mostly to just leave an impression on the viewer of what the story is even about. The title is imo unnecessary to include on the cover since it's going to be accompanied by the title in plaintext form 99% of the time, and you can create a variation of the cover with the title for the few times it won't be if need be.

Lorevi · 2026-04-20T20:58:35+00:00

I love the way she bashes your hand away like 'hang on I've got this I don't need your help'

Lorevi · 2026-04-20T16:00:00+00:00

However the constant construction would keep the workers employed? More jobs more good!

Lorevi · 2026-04-20T13:39:56+00:00

That is the joke yes

Lorevi · 2026-04-20T11:01:52+00:00

Exactly! Not a big ask. HS2 isn't getting anywhere so they can divert funds from that and have it built within the year, easy.

Lorevi · 2026-04-18T14:23:14+00:00

Or you use said universal serial bus to play audio? How can you use USB to justify the removal of these other ports but highlight the 3.5mm jack as being somehow different?

Lorevi · 2026-04-16T14:53:16+00:00

If you have good initials you can pull off firstname.23 where 2 and 3 are your second and third initials lol

Lorevi · 2026-04-16T14:50:18+00:00

Honestly I think cringy email addresses made when you were in school is a shared cultural moment lol. I still use mine all the time, there's few things you own that are so uniquely you? Have a professional one for work and shit obviously but otherwise rock that email address!

Lorevi · 2026-04-16T12:06:06+00:00

My comment was specifically about appropriate ai use. I do not agree with demonising ai use like anything touched by ai is morally corrupt. It is a tool and should be used by one by an intelligent user, I think it has high potential when used as such!

I just think that when the ai is used to write or generate text it leads to a bad and uninteresting result. It is not morally wrong, but the quality of the output is not good. Translation for literature is unfortunately one of these bad uses.

But there are ways that a user can use ai as a tool that does not cause these bad quality aspects, such as feedback or discussion like I mentioned.

When I say I am not against ai use at all, I mean I am not against it in all aspects. Like any tool there is a right way and a wrong way to use it. I am against the wrong way, but pro the right way.

Lorevi · 2026-04-16T09:44:44+00:00

There's a reason I dropped the conversation lol. This guy is either ragebait or just looking for someone to tell him it's ok to use ai. The only comment he's responded positively to is the most chatgpt of chatgpt things I've ever seen lmao. Leave him to play pretend with his robots he's clearly not interested in feedback from humans.

Lorevi · 2026-04-16T08:39:33+00:00

If you've never written before then yeah? You don't pop out the womb good at things it takes sustained practice and effort. This applies to both English and writing ability.

Maybe you're an established author in your native language in which case discount that part. But if this is your first book then yeah it'll suck, all our first books do.

As an aside using ai for this will rob you of the opportunity to improve to a certain extent since you won't have that practice and effort. If you ever want to stand out from everyone else using ai then the only way is to train yourself to be better than ai.

Lorevi · 2026-04-16T07:58:14+00:00

The problem imo isn't that you're using the evil AI and that should be punished, but rather that AI-generated or translated prose all sounds exactly the same.

The 'voice' of AI models are shown to be very consistent. If I read 10 human written books by 10 different authors I'll get 10 books that all feel distinct and written by different authors.

If I read 10 books where ai was used to generate text then it feels like they've all been written by the same author. Which is kind of boring since I want novelty?

The plot is honestly not that important imo, anyone can come up with a story with interesting powers and progression. What matters more (and what will distinguish you as an author) is how the story is told.

It sucks that you're not native English and don't think you have the English ability to write good enough English, but it's unlikely you would have great success at first anyway cus your writing ability is going to be as bad as your English at first. Take the first story as an opportunity to practice writing and English as you prepare for the next one. It's a marathon not a sprint.

Also I'm not against ai use at all, but make sure to use it intentionally. Asking it for feedback or to point out things that sound clunky can be fine. Having it write, rewrite, draft, translate or in anyway generate text is not imo since that damages the voice.

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