Why is everything labeled as AI now????? I can't even post a story anymore.

[onehitwanda]

Let me throw some kerosene on this fire …

One of my 750-Word stories just got rejected for AI.

Now how f’ing silly is that. I have 147 stories and 6 poems published, am a context winner and yep, my stupid damn 750-Word story rejected for AI use.

And to think this old, over 65 years old retiree barely knows how to use an iPad and computer
And find a volunteer editor why? Life is too damn short.

It was a 750 word story. Give me a break

Your luck is awful

 

[Aoife_from_Ulster]

Your luck is awful

It is what it is, on the positive side I can relook at it, improve it and demolish it writing the series moving forward from ch 2 forward. It will just take some time which I hope the readers understand

Edits don’t happen overnight

 

[EmilyMiller]

Let me throw some kerosene on this fire …

One of my 750-Word stories just got rejected for AI.

Now how f’ing silly is that. I have 147 stories and 6 poems published, am a context winner and yep, my stupid damn 750-Word story rejected for AI use.

And to think this old, over 65 years old retiree barely knows how to use an iPad and computer
And find a volunteer editor why? Life is too damn short.

It was a 750 word story. Give me a break

So sorry

 

[anthrodisiac]

Let me throw some kerosene on this fire …

One of my 750-Word stories just got rejected for AI.

Now how f’ing silly is that. I have 147 stories and 6 poems published, am a context winner and yep, my stupid damn 750-Word story rejected for AI use.

And to think this old, over 65 years old retiree barely knows how to use an iPad and computer
And find a volunteer editor why? Life is too damn short.

It was a 750 word story. Give me a break

Oh, shit, me too

Scored 0% on multiple AI checkers, so I have no idea what's going on. Don't use Grammarly, barely use spell checkers, first time I've had this issue in 10 stories. Thank gods it's a 750-word story.

Well, time to fix it I guess. Just wish I knew where to start.

 

[anthrodisiac]

Oh, shit, me too

Scored 0% on multiple AI checkers, so I have no idea what's going on. Don't use Grammarly, barely use spell checkers, first time I've had this issue in 10 stories. Thank gods it's a 750-word story.

Well, time to fix it I guess. Just wish I knew where to start.

Shit, lots of rules of threes. Okay, well, that's on me.

 

[EmilyMiller]

Shit, lots of rules of threes. Okay, well, that's on me.

My work is full of rules of three. Never been rejected once for AI. There is no easy answer I’m afraid.

 

[anthrodisiac]

My work is full of rules of three. Never been rejected once for AI. There is no easy answer I’m afraid.

My longer pieces are as well, so that might've been a red herring. My best guess upon re-reading is that I was leaning heavily on main clause, present participial. "She did something, lifting him off his feet." More for compression to get the word count down, but it did mean I had a less varied sentence structure, which is most likely the culprit. But who ever really knows for sure? Reworked those, and it went from 70% human confidence to 90% with the only AI tool that actually gave me anything other than a 0% likelihood of AI. So, yay! We'll give it another shot, see how it goes.

 

[EmilyMiller]

My longer pieces are as well, so that might've been a red herring. My best guess upon re-reading is that I was leaning heavily on main clause, present participial. "She did something, lifting him off his feet." More for compression to get the word count down, but it did mean I had a less varied sentence structure, which is most likely the culprit. But who ever really knows for sure? Reworked those, and it went from 70% human confidence to 90% with the only AI tool that actually gave me anything other than a 0% likelihood of AI. So, yay! We'll give it another shot, see how it goes.

There is a technical term for the free AI checkers: crap. It’s been suggested that they were created by GenAI companies to sow confusion.

 

[SmilingLez]

Let me throw some kerosene on this fire …

One of my 750-Word stories just got rejected for AI.

It was a 750 word story. Give me a break

How long did it take (after submitting your story) before you got your AI rejection message?

 

[anthrodisiac]

There is a technical term for the free AI checkers: crap. It’s been suggested that they were created by GenAI companies to sow confusion.

Yeah, I know. Might be better than nothing, might be worse than nothing, still helps to at least see the shift in the data, if not the actual result. Going from 70 > 90 at least indicates a shift in the right direction, whether or not the actual values are useful.

Unless, of course, it doesn't. Which is also possible.

Also, the etymology of the word crap in technological circles has a fascinating history going back to Edsger Dijkstra.

Crap (cir. 1966, E. Dijkstra): Other people's algorithms.

 

[EmilyMiller]

Crap (cir. 1966, E. Dijkstra): Other people's algorithms.

 

[metropolinational]

So, put various segments of my rejected chapter into the AI checkers. It cross checks with:
Turnitin
Copyleaks
OriginalityAI
GPTZero
Crossplag
Sapling.ai
Gowinston.ai
ZeroGPT

"The content appears human-written."
Every time.
It won't even give me suggestions on how to fix it, because there is nothing to fix.

 

[EmilyMiller]

So, put various segments of my rejected chapter into the AI checkers. It cross checks with:
Turnitin
Copyleaks
OriginalityAI
GPTZero
Crossplag
Sapling.ai
Gowinston.ai
ZeroGPT

"The content appears human-written."
Every time.
It won't even give me suggestions on how to fix it, because there is nothing to fix.

So maybe these checkers aren’t so very valuable

 

[millamomud]

Let me throw some kerosene on this fire …

One of my 750-Word stories just got rejected for AI.

Now how f’ing silly is that. I have 147 stories and 6 poems published, am a context winner and yep, my stupid damn 750-Word story rejected for AI use.

And to think this old, over 65 years old retiree barely knows how to use an iPad and computer
And find a volunteer editor why? Life is too damn short.

It was a 750 word story. Give me a break

I'm sorry, but someone told me that getting flagged for Ai is a red flag.


Alas, welcome to the club

 

[Jorunn]

I just submitted my Valentines story, but ran it through Word’s spelling and grammar checker yesterday. Absolute garbage. It missed so many things, and some suggestions were insane and way out of context. I followed a few simple suggestions, then went to free Grammarly, which flagged those changes! If the AI checkers are working like this, of course they are crapola!

 

[Aoife_from_Ulster]

How long did it take (after submitting your story) before you got your AI rejection message?

It was the next day, not more than 24 hours.

 

[Aoife_from_Ulster]

I'm sorry, but someone told me that getting flagged for Ai is a red flag.


Alas, welcome to the club

Yeah, thanks, its a club I would rather not be associated with

I do not need any more red flags in my life

 

[metropolinational]

So maybe these checkers aren’t so very valuable

they are useless. but that's all there is. LE did not invent some new AI detection technology in their basement lab. the whole AI detection ecosystem is snake oil.

 

[EmilyMiller]

the whole AI detection ecosystem is snake oil.

I agree - but it’s particularly pointless referring to results from free checkers. You might as well toss a coin.

 

[metropolinational]

I agree - but it’s particularly pointless referring to results from free checkers. You might as well toss a coin.

sure. all of the ones I listed are paid, just to be clear.

 

[StillStunned]

sure. all of the ones I listed are paid, just to be clear.

Then you're not just tossing a coin, you're tossing it down the drain.

 

[AwkwardMD]

sure. all of the ones I listed are paid, just to be clear.

The first step is to resubmit with a note to the admin, before you go rewriting anything. If you rewrite it, you're no longer resubmitting it.

 

[EmilyMiller]

sure. all of the ones I listed are paid, just to be clear.

Are you finding they are worth the money?

 

[metropolinational]

Are you finding they are worth the money?

again, I believe the whole ecosystem is a massive scam driven by a massive moral panic. AI, like the wheel, steam engines, and electricity, is here to stay. People need to stop panicking.

 

[metropolinational]

The first step is to resubmit with a note to the admin, before you go rewriting anything. If you rewrite it, you're no longer resubmitting it.

Sadly, I did that already. It took 10 days to get the exact same rejection notice I got the first time.