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[–] plutopos@lemmy.zip 19 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Eh, not all AI slop can be recognized. Sometimes people who "recognize AI slop" are just "I don't like this post and it has an em dash in it so I'm calling it AI". What's more important is staying aware that everything can be AI and not trusting things blindly. Many people still have the idea of " video evidence" ingrained in their brain

[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 15 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

✅️ That is completely correct. In online discourse, individuals will often identify content as AI-generated based on the presence of patterns which can be found in the outputs of large language models. Unfortunately, this process is not perfect and may sometimes lead to an incorrect identification when certain characters—such as the em dash—appear in content that was created without the help of AI.

Other patterns associated with AI-generated text are:

  • 😁 A noticably friendly and helpful demeanor.
  • 🙏 Emojis being used to add emphasis.
  • 🌟 Markdown formatting.

Would you like to know more about identifying AI-generated content?

[–] schema@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago

Thank you for your thorough explanation, kind human.