AI detectors flag Pulitzer-level human writing as 100% AI
Afinetheorem · x · 2026-09-22
Afinetheorem ran a batch of selections (ostensibly Pulitzer-level human writing) through the Pangram detector and every one came back 100% AI; other AI models agreed. He says he's never seen detections this wrong this often, joking that AI can apparently write Pulitzer-level work — highlighting both detector unreliability and how hard top human prose is to distinguish from AI.
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