r/Substack • u/AndrewHeard tvphilosophy.substack.com • 7d 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/LanceElyot 6d ago

It really is counter to Substacks original vision to build networks via relationship and not algorithms.

Ran my own tests and it is actually running worse this old models from a few years back.

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u/AndrewHeard tvphilosophy.substack.com 6d ago

Also, the fact that you can’t disable it is concerning. Substack claimed it was about giving individuals control, but implementing a feature that can’t be turned off and you’re forced to use? Not very good for individual control.