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by Barbing 2 days ago
>Skepticism against AI text detectors on HN is as old as time

Since early 2023 or so, when the detectors were widely reported (off platform) as unreliable?

>and frequently comes from people with some vested interest in filling up the internet with slop

I'm sure sometimes.

At least once, has come from someone who recently philosophized about whether to call out the specifics of AI writing in the first place given the potential for aiding labs in their training missions https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48326913

>I've done systematic testing

You in the field?

>but if it reads like AI

Actually didn't to me, and I'd like to think my detector's no worse than the average for a commenter here... perhaps as we'd all :)