alt Hacker NewsI’m not saying whether I think you’re right or wrong, but AI text detectors don’t work and never will.
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richwater • today at 4:50 PM
Doesn't stop charlatans from creating startups promising to make it work :)
I’m not saying whether I think you’re right or wrong, but AI text detectors don’t work and never will.
Doesn't stop charlatans from creating startups promising to make it work :)
This has been pretty well studied. Pangram is about as good at an expert human with a 98% detection rate and <2% false positive, for flagging AI generated text.
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2501.15654