▲ 704 ▼ Wikipedia has banned AI-generated text, with two exceptions (www.howtogeek.com) submitted 6 months ago by corbin@infosec.pub to c/technology@lemmy.world 106 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Aatube@thriv.social 6 points 6 months ago (6 children) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AI_Cleanup/Guide permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] umbraroze@slrpnk.net 1 point 6 months ago I was about to link to that, and specifically the stuff that now seems to have been moved to Signs of AI writing. I thought that was a very interesting read, because it's so much better than the usual AI ragebait that led to people getting pilloried over the fact that they actually know how to use em dashes. You can't detect LLM use just by the fact that someone uses em dashes. It's a complicated stylistic issue that usually boils down to "well, you know what ChatGPT output looks like when you see it". permalink fedilink source parent [–] amateurcrastinator@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago (4 children) Ok but surely there must be an automated way. You can't throw manpower at this because they will loose permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] umbraroze@slrpnk.net 6 points 6 months ago (2 children) There are no reliable automated LLM output detectors. Anyone who says otherwise is either trying to sell you snake oil (or is unwittingly helping someone to sell snake oil to someone else, I guess). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] amateurcrastinator@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago (1 child) so the question still stands. how do they detect AI use? i am all for it btw. it is absolutely necessary but I am afraid it is impossible to do or implement. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 3 points 6 months ago I think they just try their best permalink fedilink source parent [–] Aatube@thriv.social 1 point 6 months ago actually the manual and volumetric https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Recent_changes_patrol is ridiculously good permalink fedilink source parent
[–] umbraroze@slrpnk.net 1 point 6 months ago I was about to link to that, and specifically the stuff that now seems to have been moved to Signs of AI writing. I thought that was a very interesting read, because it's so much better than the usual AI ragebait that led to people getting pilloried over the fact that they actually know how to use em dashes. You can't detect LLM use just by the fact that someone uses em dashes. It's a complicated stylistic issue that usually boils down to "well, you know what ChatGPT output looks like when you see it". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] amateurcrastinator@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago (4 children) Ok but surely there must be an automated way. You can't throw manpower at this because they will loose permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] umbraroze@slrpnk.net 6 points 6 months ago (2 children) There are no reliable automated LLM output detectors. Anyone who says otherwise is either trying to sell you snake oil (or is unwittingly helping someone to sell snake oil to someone else, I guess). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] amateurcrastinator@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago (1 child) so the question still stands. how do they detect AI use? i am all for it btw. it is absolutely necessary but I am afraid it is impossible to do or implement. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 3 points 6 months ago I think they just try their best permalink fedilink source parent [–] Aatube@thriv.social 1 point 6 months ago actually the manual and volumetric https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Recent_changes_patrol is ridiculously good permalink fedilink source parent
[–] umbraroze@slrpnk.net 6 points 6 months ago (2 children) There are no reliable automated LLM output detectors. Anyone who says otherwise is either trying to sell you snake oil (or is unwittingly helping someone to sell snake oil to someone else, I guess). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] amateurcrastinator@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago (1 child) so the question still stands. how do they detect AI use? i am all for it btw. it is absolutely necessary but I am afraid it is impossible to do or implement. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 3 points 6 months ago I think they just try their best permalink fedilink source parent
[–] amateurcrastinator@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago (1 child) so the question still stands. how do they detect AI use? i am all for it btw. it is absolutely necessary but I am afraid it is impossible to do or implement. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 3 points 6 months ago I think they just try their best permalink fedilink source parent
[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 3 points 6 months ago I think they just try their best permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Aatube@thriv.social 1 point 6 months ago actually the manual and volumetric https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Recent_changes_patrol is ridiculously good permalink fedilink source parent