AI Flagging & False Positives – Anyone Else Seeing This?

[AwkwardMD]

Pretty sure what @AwkwardMD was pointing out is the implication that @SkyBubble scanned his older stories and found that they got rated between 20 - 55% possibility of being AI.

That was not it. 5 internet points are still on the board, people! This could be the difference between a win and a loss!

 

[StillStunned]

That was not it. 5 internet points are still on the board, people! This could be the difference between a win and a loss!

The use of dashes instead of hyphens to denote a range of numbers?

 

[onehitwanda]

Have a quick look at these three bolded sections. First person to spot the weirdness gets 5 internet points.

I'm feeling very stupid this morning. I can't see it. Is it like one of those MAD Magazine things where I have to fold the numbers?

 

[ShelbyDawn57]

I'm feeling very stupid this morning. I can't see it. Is it like one of those MAD Magazine things where I have to fold the numbers?

It’s obviously confusing the hell out of several of us.

 

[AwkwardlySet]

You people are clearly not channeling your inner Clouseau...

 

[AwkwardMD]

The use of dashes instead of hyphens to denote a range of numbers?

What kind of a monster uses en dashes when the hyphen button is right there on your keyboard?

The original post uses an en dash, then a hyphen, and then an en dash. En dashes and hyphens are different in size on the order of a single digit number of pixels. If a human wrote that, it would just be three hyphens.

 

[Noks]

What kind of a monster uses en dashes when the hyphen button is right there on your keyboard?

Grammarly and similar browser extensions will automatically fix it as you type. You can also insert an en dash manually with Alt+0150.

Since en dashes are typically used for number ranges and hyphens for compound words, grammar purists may insist on using the correct one.

 

[AwkwardMD]

Grammarly and similar browser extensions will automatically fix it as you type. You can also insert an en dash manually with Alt+0150.

Since en dashes are typically used for number ranges and hyphens for compound words, grammar purists may insist on using the correct one.

This is an excerpt from Skybubble's 2019 story The Simple Girls:

"You have?" said Esther.

"Yeah."

"Who?" said Esther.

"Levi," Katie said. "I wasn't supposed to tell you."

"Why, that-"

"Sounds like you ladies are going to have to have a talk with Levi," I said. John laughed.

That is a hyphen where an em dash belongs. Skybubble is not a purist. He is undeserving of your defense.

EDIT: the bold formatting is my own.

 

[filthytrancendence]

Skybubble is not a purist. He is undeserving of your defense.

Notice he fired back at literally everybody else that responded last night.

The part where I explained he's either using AI or trying to use convoluted language to admit his writing is pretty bad?

Crickets.

 

[AwkwardMD]

Notice he fired back at literally everybody else that responded last night.

The part where I explained he's either using AI or trying to use convoluted language to admit his writing is pretty bad?

Crickets.

The detector has indicated that he both walks and quacks like a duck. Now you're finding duck feathers.

 

[ShelbyDawn57]

This is an excerpt from Skybubble's 2019 story The Simple Girls:



That is a hyphen where an em dash belongs. Skybubble is not a purist. He is undeserving of your defense.

EDIT: the bold formatting is my own.

I'd use an ellipsis in that case but I'm not classically trained or a purist or anything...

FWIW, and IMHO, using "said Esther.", "said Esther.", "Katie said." as dialogue tags could be a sign of something that might get tagged as AI

 

[AwkwardMD]

FWIW, and IMHO, using "said Esther.", "said Esther.", "Katie said." as dialogue tags could be a sign of something that might get tagged as AI

That would get every single story on the site rejected, and yet most of us are chugging along just fine.

 

[onehitwanda]

Now you're finding duck feathers.

Please don't kink shame.

 

[filthytrancendence]

Please don't kink shame.

We've talked about this. You have to leave the ducks alone...

 

[onehitwanda]

We've talked about this. You have to leave the ducks alone...

But they're so cute! And so soft! And they make such amusing noises when you squeeze them!

 

[Noks]

This is an excerpt from Skybubble's 2019 story The Simple Girls:



That is a hyphen where an em dash belongs. Skybubble is not a purist. He is undeserving of your defense.

EDIT: the bold formatting is my own.

Actually, it's the em dash—not the en dash—that’s used for abrupt pauses in speech.

For some reason, Lit’s system automatically reduces all dashes to hyphens unless you use the codes — or –.

 

[StillStunned]

Don't mess with a duck if you can't handle the bill.

 

[ShelbyDawn57]

But they're so cute! And so soft! And they make such amusing noises when you squeeze them!

You scare me sometimes, Wanda, but I kinda like that...

 

[AwkwardMD]

.For some reason, Lit’s system automatically reduces all dashes to hyphens unless you use the codes — or –.

it might do that now, but it didn’t in 2019.

Which you would know.

 

[AwkwardMD]

Because it's Tilan.

 

[Noks]

Any text that’s too clean or overly formal is likely to be flagged as AI by these unreliable detectors. While such features may correlate with AI-generated content, they also tend to falsely label as artificial anyone who writes with a somewhat elevated style.

 

[AwkwardMD]

Any text that’s too clean or overly formal is likely to be flagged as AI by these unreliable detectors.

Okay.

 

[ShelbyDawn57]

That would get every single story on the site rejected, and yet most of us are chugging along just fine.

I generally don't deal in absolutes, hence my could and might...
I personally shy away from these tags instead using descriptors that add flavor and context to the dialog. I might rewrite the snippet like this:

"You have?" the surprise in Esther's voice was palpable.

"Yeah," Katie grinned.

"Who?" Esther's eyes grew wide.

"Levi," Katie shrugged, her grin widening into a grimace. "I wasn't supposed to tell you."

"Why, that-"

"Sounds like you ladies are going to have to have a talk with Levi," I said. John laughed.

Of course, my interpretation doesn't have broader context, so it might not fit the story, but it is an example of what I see as a way to slightly alter style to avoid getting tagged as AI.

 

[AwkwardMD]

I generally don't deal in absolutes, hence my could and might...
I personally shy away from these tags instead using descriptors that add flavor and context to the dialog. I might rewrite the snippet like this:

"You have?" the surprise in Esther's voice was palpable.

"Yeah," Katie grinned.

"Who?" Esther's eyes grew wide.

"Levi," Katie shrugged, her grin widening into a grimace. "I wasn't supposed to tell you."

"Why, that-"

"Sounds like you ladies are going to have to have a talk with Levi," I said. John laughed.

Of course, my interpretation doesn't have broader context, so it might not fit the story, but it is an example of what I see as a way to slightly alter style to avoid getting tagged as AI.

I'll rephrase; every single one of my stories would be getting rejected, and yet...

 

[ShelbyDawn57]

I'll rephrase; every single one of my stories would be getting rejected, and yet...

Because there's a lot more to it than just dialog tags, but I don't have the time to go review all of his work and make stylistic suggestions across the board. I'm guessing there a several differences between his style and yours.