AI detector Pangram flags human-written article as "AI slop", sparking debate
zetalyrae · x · 2026-09-10
A writer who used AI only to polish phrasing — keeping their own ideas and arguments — had the piece flagged as "AI slop" by Pangram, drawing criticism of the detector; the original author chimed in that the original text was fine. The episode highlights how unreliable AI detectors are at the boundary between AI-assisted and AI-generated writing.
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