GPTZero lists words and phrases that are common indicators of #AI. The problem is that the words and phrases themselves are very common: “consequences”, “such as”, “primarily”.
These supposed AI-detection tools always make me uneasy. It’s hardly surprising that AI has a strong predilection for cliches of formal #writing; that’s what it’s trained on. It wouldn’t surprise me if #Wikipedia content alone has a noticeable impact on how these models write.
But the upshot is that it’s getting harder and harder to not sound like AI. I try to avoid cliches to begin with, but if I’m writing something boring and technical (like for work), that’s not always easy.
I understand the suspicion around AI. What’s worrying—and arguably as socially/culturally corrosive as the technology itself—is the superstition around it: seeing AI in every shadow, whether it’s there or not.