Some tools are available for automatically detecting AI-generated text, but they are prone to false positives.

AI technology is changing what we see online and how we interact with the world.

Sohow can you tellif an article is actually AI generated text?

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One big marker of human-written text, at least for now, is randomness.

Another indicator is punctuation patterns.

Humans will use punctuation more randomly than an AI model might.

Chat GPT answering the question “Can you explain quantum computing in simple terms?"

This is visible inChatGPT’s responseto one of the stock questions on OpenAI’s website.

It’s like a qubit can be both a 0 and a 1 simultaneously. "

The end result is writing that sounds and feels a bit robotic.

Can You Use AI to Detect AI-Generated Text?

Large language models themselves can be trained to spot AI generated writing.

Researchers are also working on watermarking methods to detect AI articles and text.

Unfortunately, this method hasn’t tested so well on later models of ChatGPT.

Many of them use language models to scan the text, including ChatGPT-4 itself.

Originalityis another tool, geared toward large publishers and content producers.

If the score is 40-50% AI or higher, it’s likely the piece was AI-generated.

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It takes practice, but over time you’re free to get better at it.

Ippolito’s game is largely focused on helping people detect those kinds of errors.

Right now, these are the best detection methods we have to catch text written by an AI program.

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