Spot the bot! How to tell if AI wrote that article you just read
I got this note from Ben in Texas. “Hi there, Kim. I love your podcast.
You were talking about AI and I got to thinking. When I read a story
online at some website, how can I tell if a human wrote it or some bot?”
Kim
When reading something online, especially from a larger, more well-known
website or publication, you want to trust what you get is the truth. But
AI makes things up. Did you hear about the law professor who was accused
of sexual harassment? AI made up the whole story.
Humans code AI algorithms, folks, and we're all full of opinions and
biases. When you read an AI-generated article or social media post,
you're still getting a spoonful of someone else's viewpoint. It's like a
game of digital telephone, and sometimes, you only hear one side of
the call.
I know it’s a lot to think about. Let’s start by identifying what’s
AI-generated and what’s not. I’ve got your back with the telltale signs.
AI wants to sound important
Remember back in school, when you were trying to meet a predetermined
word (or page) count? AI’s the same way, often generating the same info,
repeated over and over, with only slight changes in the phrasing.
Keep an eye out for unnecessary words and eye-rolling transitions, like
“moreover,” “consequently” and “furthermore.” That’s not a kid at his
first journalism job — it's a telltale sign of a bot in the bytes.
AI doesn’t do analyses
AI can state facts, but it can’t talk about how those facts impact real
life. A human-written celebrity gossip piece would end with something
like, “Kim Kardashian dieting for months to squeeze her butt into the
60-year-old Marilyn Monroe dress proves she’ll do what she must to get
attention on social media.”
A human writer will draw a meaningful conclusion. If an article is just
spouting statements like, “Kim Kardashian wore a dress that Marilyn
Monroe owned,” it might be AI.
Quotes and numbers don’t pan out
AI can write quotes and cite numbers like nobody’s business! As CNN
pointed out, when chatbots are asked to write an article with quotes,
they (hilariously) make up names like John Doe and Jane Smith. Not so
hard to spot.
AI is also really bad at quoting real-world figures. If an article gives
a percentage, ratio or amount, copy and paste it into Google. If a
chatbot wrote it, there’s a good chance you won’t find any other evidence.
There’s no personality
Chatbots struggle with humor. The result is often bland writing without
an interesting take. If you find yourself thinking, “Wait, this website
used to have a lot more humor,” AI writers may be taking over.
Keeping an eye out
Since ChatGPT launched last November, phishing emails are up 1,265%.
That’s not a typo! AI chatbots are popping up in new corners of the
internet every day. And that’s not a bad thing. Like this handy use: AI
assistants can scour long articles, research for us and sum up the
main points.
But remember, AI’s been found to hallucinate (yes, that’s the real term
for it) statistics, legal cases, names and science. It just makes it
up, well, so do humans sometimes.
😂 Humans are being tested against a new AI program. The robot wins in
every category except one: Hunting. The robot again beats the human, but
someone working there sets the animals free and tells AI to try to get
them again. The robot doesn't move, while the human wins because …
robots can't recaptcha. (Get it?!)
Kim Commando.
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