Identifying AI Content Is a Fool's Errand
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"There is no reasonable way to identify AI-generated content with 100% certainty, and as time goes on, people who say, ‘I can always tell,’ are only sounding more and more disconnected from reality."
gives me the impression that the author is unaware of their own blind spots...