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Mignon Fogarty
Mignon Fogarty
@grammargirl@zirk.us  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

Yesterday, I interviewed a tech guy who told me something too important for me to wait until the podcast comes out for you to hear it:

Many free AI detectors have especially high false positive rates because they make money selling software that "humanizes" writing. 1/2

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Daniel Appelquist
Daniel Appelquist
@torgo@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

@grammargirl I'm so done with this timeline.

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Mignon Fogarty
Mignon Fogarty
@grammargirl@zirk.us  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

They tell students papers sound like AI — even when they're the students' own writing — so the company can scare them and sell them a product.

This goes beyond the general problem that even good AI detectors aren't perfect and shouldn't be the sole reason to accuse someone of writing with AI.

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Strypey
Strypey
@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

@grammargirl
> Many free AI detectors have especially high false positive rates because they make money selling software that "humanizes" writing

This titbit convinced me to subscribe to your podcast. Just queued up the interview with Doug Harper of Etymonline for download next time I get a WiFi connection. Keep up the good work.

#AI #MOLE

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Mignon Fogarty
Mignon Fogarty
@grammargirl@zirk.us  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

@strypey Welcome and thanks!

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