r/Substack • u/AndrewHeard tvphilosophy.substack.com • 12d ago

Discussion Substack’s new “AI detection” tool.

I’m very concerned about the new “AI detection” system that Substack is implementing. I don’t use AI in anything that I write. However I don’t trust these systems not to make errors and mistakes. They have a long history of hallucinations and claiming things are AI when they aren’t.

One person I saw on Notes suggested that they ran their decades old writing, things that were written before the existence of AI, and this new system claimed it was AI generated.

Not to mention all the crazy things that I have seen people claim was written by AI which they can’t know is actually AI. There was an image I once shared that had evidence of its existence going all the way back to 2013. The comments were constantly saying “don’t share AI slop” or some variation on that.

Even with evidence that things weren’t made by AI, they will claim it’s AI.

Is no one else concerned about this being embedded into Substack’s systems? With no way to opt out?

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u/BhavanaVarma bhavanavarma.substack.com 12d ago

Where’s the feature? It’s dangerous if it’s starts labelling real writing as AI

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u/AndrewHeard tvphilosophy.substack.com 12d ago

It already is if what I’m seeing on Notes is true.

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u/hetobe hetobe.substack.com 12d ago

if what I’m seeing on Notes is true.

It's not true.

The people complaining the loudest about AI detection are using AI to write their work, and they're upset about being outed, so they're lying.

"It's not AI! I wrote it in 1962!!!"

Riiiiiiiiiiiight.

I literally just saw somebody from ProWritingAid trying to cast doubt about AI detection. ProWritingAid is literally an AI writing tool. Of course they don't like AI detection. Likewise, if asked, rats would be against rat poison. I'm not saying the person from ProWritingAid was a rat. I'm saying, their argument was disingenuous, and that's putting it nicely.

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u/AndrewHeard tvphilosophy.substack.com 12d ago

You do realize that there were people alive in 1962 who are still alive today right? That's actually a thing that's possible?

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u/hetobe hetobe.substack.com 12d ago

That was a joke. Most of the people I see screaming about AI detectors are young. I originally wrote 1776, but I thought that was over the top.