AI Researcher Argues People Deserve Access to AI-Text Detection, Not Just Experts
BlancheMinerva · x · 2026-10-29
AI safety researcher Blanche Minerva pushed back in a debate over AI-text detection tools, claiming she can identify AI-generated text with high reliability from reading a lot of it, and questioning why ordinary people shouldn't have that same power. Responding to witch-hunting concerns, she argues that morally neutral or good capabilities can be misused — that alone doesn't make restricting access right.
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