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[Deleted member 84247]

That's a good idea. I think you all got the slashes a little wrong. For me personally, it isn’t just them but the combination.

Someone uses slashes? Okay, that’s normal.

Someone uses slashes and overly flowery words? Coincidence.

But if someone also uses synonyms that were last used in the 1800s and aren’t even taught anymore, then it starts to get suspicious.

You get what I mean, right? Right????

I still wouldn't accuse then without evidence. Some people still write like that. I would say that it's probably a sentence structure thing more than words. How often do you see the word "lattice"? I used that and traipsed in a chapter.

 

[AncestorDuck]

I still wouldn't accuse then without evidence. Some people still write like that. I would say that it's probably a sentence structure thing more than words. How often do you see the word "lattice"? I used that and traipsed in a chapter.

You’re not wrong. I wouldn’t accuse anybody anyway. If the writing doesn’t appeal to me, I just drop the book. It’s that simple.

 

[Valmond]

People who love em-dashes—like me!—are really going to get accused of being AI writers all the time before long, aren't we?

Le sigh.

It annoys me because as a divergent thinker, it's really the best way for me to write on paper how my brain operates (although I suppose I could use parenthesis for it, too...)

I use those now and then myself, to convey certain emotions and scenes. The sad part is, people now think things are AI when it is not.

And from what I can tell, it looks to be hitting creativity a bit. I suppose I am fortunate that I began writing the way I do for a while now, and have gathered a sizable base although small.

Though, I can imagine others getting discouraged from experimenting because of people wrongly accusing their stuff of being AI because it is written in a not expected way.

 

[EverenVale]

People who love em-dashes—like me!—are really going to get accused of being AI writers all the time before long, aren't we?

Le sigh.

It annoys me because as a divergent thinker, it's really the best way for me to write on paper how my brain operates (although I suppose I could use parenthesis for it, too...)

Same here. I read my stories at least twelve times to make sure I have them right. Each time I proofread them, I add not only dashes but lots of camas and even use different formats, for example, using italics for just one word because I wish my readers knew how important that word is.
I also write lots of sensory descriptions in my stories because that's how my mind works. I feel, see, and hear lots of details IRL, and I like to add them to my stories, too.
It doesn't help that my dream is to make my stories into movies? So I always write lots of images and details.
If I could, I would love to read my stories to each reader myself?
Maybe that would make it even easier.

 

[AncestorDuck]

Same here. I read my stories at least twelve times to make sure I have them right. Each time I proofread them, I add not only dashes but lots of camas and even use different formats, for example, using italics for just one word because I wish my readers knew how important that word is.
I also write lots of sensory descriptions in my stories because that's how my mind works. I feel, see, and hear lots of details IRL, and I like to add them to my stories, too.
It doesn't help that my dream is to make my stories into movies? So I always write lots of images and details.
If I could, I would love to read my stories to each reader myself?
Maybe that would make it even easier.

But you don’t just do it randomly, right? I’ve read quite a few published books, and many do this as well. However, they know when to do it and when not to. If you’re ten chapters into a forest, you don’t need to describe the scent every five paragraphs, especially if nothing has changed.

 

[RepresentingWrath]

Soooo... How are we going to enforce it?

 

[EverenVale]

But you don’t just do it randomly, right? I’ve read quite a few published books, and many do this as well. However, they know when to do it and when not to. If you’re ten chapters into a forest, you don’t need to describe the scent every five paragraphs, especially if nothing has changed.

Yeah, I get what you mean. I do it whenever I want to emphasize changing the scenery, the importance of the scene, or sometimes just because I like to remind myself first what's going on.
What you are saying is exactly the word count. I did it once just to see how it went because the publisher convinced me that the contract needed more words?
I proofread the same book and realized I was half asleep in the middle or just skipped those paragraphs. So, instead of using AI, I added a plot twist to increase my word count?

 

[AncestorDuck]

Yeah, I get what you mean. I do it whenever I want to emphasize changing the scenery, the importance of the scene, or sometimes just because I like to remind myself first what's going on.
What you are saying is exactly the word count. I did it once just to see how it went because the publisher convinced me that the contract needed more words?
I proofread the same book and realized I was half asleep in the middle or just skipped those paragraphs. So, instead of using AI, I added a plot twist to increase my word count?

And that the different between you, and an AI. You know when to use it, an AI does not. Even less when the prombt is directed to increase the wordcount.

 

[cabbag3]

Soooo... How are we going to enforce it?

Peacefully, and I say the whole site must learn of our peaceful ways… by force!

But fr, is it already that bad?
I'm not really a tech guy, so are there programs that can detect AI use?

 

[RepresentingWrath]

But fr, is it already that bad?
I'm not really a tech guy, so are there programs that can detect AI use?

As far as I'm aware there are no programs that detect AI without flagging texts written by actual people as AI.

Peacefully, and I say the whole site must learn of our peaceful ways… by force!

Scorched earth tactic. Me like it.

 

[AncestorDuck]

As far as I'm aware there are no programs that detect AI without flagging texts written by actual people as AI.

Scorched earth tactic. Me like it.

If your writing is 1o1 like AI, then maybe you deserve to be framed. Let it be for a while, watch a few Sanderson lectures, and make a comeback.

 

[RepresentingWrath]

If your writing is 1o1 like AI, then maybe you deserve to be framed. Let it be for a while, watch a few Sanderson lectures, and make a comeback.

How about no.

 

[Clo]

I'm not really a tech guy, so are there programs that can detect AI use?

Some claim to, but it's literally impossible to tell them apart.

If you use AI enough, you develop a sixth sense of some kind where you can tell. It loves some particular idioms a lot ("... and maybe—just maybe—" is one of the typical one, but seeing that in a text doesn't mean it's AI. "You're stronger than you think." And "We're in this. Together" are also tell-tale signs. But once again, those are used by humans all the time, too!)

That said, feeding data to an AI detector is basically a trap made for people to volunteer data to the AI to learn from, so I wouldn't use it even if it did work.

Remember: if it's free, then you're the product.

 

[Lysander_Works]

I have to wonder if (and how many) of these books are exclusively only using AI to write their blurb and not their inner content.
I say this knowing it would take some research, and I'm also too lazy to look into that right now.

 

[AncestorDuck]

How about no.

It was just a joke :(

 

[Clo]

I have to wonder if (and how many) of these books are exclusively only using AI to write their blurb and not their inner content.

AI is actually a pretty decent ressource to ask for summaries of something, so feeding it a novel and asking for a blurb might give you a decent starting point.

But it's bad at understanding what to tease, and what to reveal outright. It doesn't understand how to write a blurb in which you hint at something without saying it outright.

 

[RepresentingWrath]

It was just a joke :(

Good joke. Now answer my question without joking.

 

[AncestorDuck]

Good joke. Now answer my question without joking.

Just ask them a question about the story in the comments and see how they answer.

If you can't even spell the simplest words right, you won't be able to use advanced words that even professors wouldn't use.

Most of them don't use AI to answer their questions.

 

[RepresentingWrath]

Just ask them a question about the story in the comments and see how they answer.

If you can't even spell the simplest words right, you won't be able to use advanced words that even professors wouldn't use.

Most of them don't use AI to answer their questions.

Doesn't look like a good solution because a lot of authors edit the hell out of their stories but don't bother to spell a simple word right in a normal conversation.

 

[AncestorDuck]

Doesn't look like a good solution because a lot of authors edit the hell out of their stories but don't bother to spell a simple word right in a normal conversation.

If you don't even have the knowledge for simple words, where does the rest come from?