How can we reliably determine if text was written by AI?

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taylodl · Accepted Answer

Turing said there will come a time when you can't!

softwaredoug · Answer

It might be a more tractable question to ask whether the author wrote the text.You might imagine, for example, in an academic context combining an in-person Q&A. Or other non-text modalities that currently still are hard to fake.

Poomba · Answer

I dont think you can. If you know who &ldquo;wrote&rdquo; it though, you might be able to detect it if its drastically different in tone than what they have written in the past (but even then it might have been ghost written)

chistev · Answer

You can't.

ivape · Answer

The ship has sailed.

chatmasta · Answer

This would make for a fun quiz game. Show some text that was written by AI or written before 2022 and see how many you can get right. Actually maybe I&rsquo;ve seen this somewhere&hellip;?

How can we reliably determine if text was written by AI?

How can we reliably determine if text was written by AI?

Turing said there will come a time when you can't!

It might be a more tractable question to ask whether the author wrote the text.
You might imagine, for example, in an academic context combining an in-person Q&A. Or other non-text modalities that currently still are hard to fake.

I dont think you can. If you know who “wrote” it though, you might be able to detect it if its drastically different in tone than what they have written in the past (but even then it might have been ghost written)

You can't.

The ship has sailed.

This would make for a fun quiz game. Show some text that was written by AI or written before 2022 and see how many you can get right. Actually maybe I’ve seen this somewhere…?