AI Detector Pangram Sparks Outrage Over False Positives, Researcher Asks If Anger Is Warranted
paulnovosad · x · 2026-10-22
Barbara Biasi (shared by Paul Novosad) notes she keeps seeing people run all sorts of documents through the AI-text detector Pangram and get outraged when results come back AI-positive. She questions whether that outrage is always warranted and says she is losing sight of what detection is even trying to achieve. A discussion thread on AI-detection false positives and public reaction.
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