r/Copyediting • u/swords_of_queen • 20d ago

Mike Israetel's Latest Book Is AI Slop (The Aesthetic Revolution)

https://youtube.com/watch?v=0dFugf0ySnc&si=qci5bSryen1TlwPA

I want to share this with r/Copyediting because it's an excellent guide for how to detect AI-generated writing, and also covers the ethical and quality issues involved with it. Not just "it's bad," but why it's problematic. I know we've all been grappling with how to work with this prose. Solomon Nelson also did an excellent critique of Mike Israetel's doctoral thesis that I have watched numerous times, as it's so well-argued and thorough.

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u/Optimal-Mail-999 20d ago

After watching Solomons previous video, Mike being open about his blatant use of AI is not surprising at all

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u/anthropics 20d ago

Run the script through a good AI detector like Pangram (without the quotes) and you'll discover it isn't the only thing that's AI slop.

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u/swords_of_queen 20d ago

Eh, they’re not reliable, not saying it’s not the case (who knows) but those detectors have a lot of false positives

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u/ThunderFlaps420 17d ago

The script that includes Solomon reading highlights of the AI generated book... Yeah of course it would get flagged as containing AI written text.

Although, those AI checkers are not reliable at all.