Hot take: trusting horoscopes more than AI detectors resonates widely
TuhinChakr · x · 2026-10-26
A viral quip argues people who believe in the predictive power of horoscopes deserve more intellectual respect than those who trust "AI detectors"—implying the detectors are even less reliable than astrology.
The joke echoes a long-standing criticism in the AI community: current AI-text detectors have high false-positive rates, and treating their verdicts as truth risks wrongly accusing real writers.
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