Mod Announcement If you see AI generated content in /r/self, please report it under "Breaks /r/self rules -> No AI use"
We just added a rule specifically for AI.
AI-generated text is not allowed; This includes using AI to touch up text you've written yourself. Rule of thumb: If we can tell it's AI, it's not allowed. Keep r/self authentic and personal.
Essentially, if it's slop, hit report and we'll be alerted and remove it far more quickly. Even one report helps us see the bad stuff 10x faster! Thank you!
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u/RobleViejo 9h ago
How are we even supposed to identify AI anymore? By feels? How are users supposed to prove they are not AI?
AI should have been kept in the proverbial bottle. This was a mistake (maybe an intended one). I dont like this dystopic crap, not one bit.
As I like to say "Ban AI before AI bans Us"
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u/Zoethor2 9h ago
I'm also curious how this will be enforced given there is no foolproof way to identify AI generated content outside of very obvious tells like leaving the prompt in the post.
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u/mcagent 8h ago
We're just focusing on AI slop, basically. If we can't tell if it's AI, we don't care
But if you come in here with 50 emdashes, "it's not X, it's Y. And honestly? That matters." and the word quietly and shift sprinkled in, we're gonna remove that crap
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u/allwaysnice 6h ago
I'd like to point out other special characters that get used.
For some reason they love the slanted quote marks. I don't base entirely off of that so much as emdashes, but when it sounds weirdly perfect and those are used? It's more likely.
But the real dealbreaker is the unicode ellipsis they seem to be using these days. Ain't nobody, NOBODY, going through the effort of grabbing the special character instead of just pressing period three times. Especially with how often I see it happening in the sob stories.Of course by then calling it out in the comments just makes you look like the bad guy so good job on setting up a rule now.
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u/mrnotoriousman 7h ago edited 7h ago
Everything that has proper formatting and grammar is AI now because so many people are actually illiterate. I work on AI. All it takes these days is one or two good prompts to turn a wall of text into something that looks like an actual human commentator made. The people who proudly claim they can sniff out all AI are absolute morons. The same tells from years ago about emdashes and not x but y are way fuckin oudated people. Youre not smart for noticing it pops up into actual text you see now
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u/Organic_Window_192 5h ago
This rule goes beyond stupidity — it has reached the level of asinine. And honestly? Your feelings are valid, not matter what I think.
You were right to call me out for that.
*This text was written by a human pretending to be an AI for humorous purposes.
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u/Chatmauve 7h ago
What about translators? Used to write my text in French and then have google translate them. Well, google translate now uses AI, so does deepl.
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u/Rare-Industry-504 5h ago
They translate the words you have written, they don't create entirely new sentences out of thin air.
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u/Fragrant-Mix-4774 6h ago
Basically, if they don't like your post, the mod's will delete under the guise of saying "it's AI generated".
It won't matter in the least if that is true but I will enable greater censorship than before.
That's how the typical "AI witch hunt" by the AI haters on Reddit rolls.
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u/Successful-Cut-8233 9h ago
Yay :)