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by ff317 883 days ago
Maybe rather than focusing so much on how to detect AI-generated content, we should instead focus on our general ability to validate the truthiness of content regardless of source. I don't really care if an AI wrote it, so long as the content is meaningful and informative. I do care if it's a load of junk, even if a human did write it.
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There is no algorithm for truth.
No, but there are technical mechanisms that provide a high level of assurance in most scenarios. There's a reason iMessage does not suffer spam and why cheating in Xbox online gaming is non-existent.
Treating what your opponents consider truth as hostile is basically presuming they are arguing in bad faith. They may well be, but you may be misinformed.

At any rate, iMessage does not verify that what is said is true. It just weeds out obviously hostile communication.

I didn't say anything about truth, I'm speaking about a humanness signal.
Truth rests on axioms. You would have to teach an AI what you think is true, but then it would have a kind of confirmation bias.