State of AI and AI Content Detection
Tags: ai, chatgpt
Published: 2022-12-23 01:59:57

There is a post about [Guidelines for AI-assisted Articles on DEV](https://dev.to/devteam/guidelines-for-ai-assisted-articles-on-dev-17n6) which lists down a few rules for posting on dev.to, and then there was my post about [Why you shouldn't rely on ChatGPT so much!](https://dev.to/entrptaher/using-chatgpt-for-parsing-data-a-cautionary-tale-4kl1).

The drawback of using AI to write things are getting worse. 

- People are using and abusing AI to write tons of contents, flooding fiverr and upwork with writing related jobs. There are now tons of videos explaining how to earn easy money using AI to write content.
- Flooding stackoverflow with wrong answers to the questions, which led to a [ban on ChatGPT based solutions](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/421831/temporary-policy-chatgpt-is-banned).
- Google also says [AI generated contents are bad](https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-says-ai-generated-content-is-against-guidelines/444916/) for SEO.

The issue with AI writing is almost similar as the issue we had with Co-Pilot. Some people abusing the machine and some are fearing it would replace human.

Let's check this following section written by ChatGPT.

> Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the transportation industry by optimizing routes, schedules, and other aspects of transportation in order to improve efficiency and customer satisfaction. With the ability to analyze real-time traffic data and provide personalized recommendations and updates, AI-powered systems are making it easier for people to get from point A to point B and enhancing the overall travel experience.

> In addition to optimizing transportation for individuals, AI is also being used to streamline logistics and supply chain management, helping businesses and organizations to optimize their operations and reduce costs. By analyzing data on demand, inventory, and transportation, AI-powered systems can make significant improvements to the efficiency of supply chains and logistics operations.

> Overall, the use of AI in transportation is on the rise and is expected to continue to grow as more businesses and organizations adopt these technologies to improve efficiency and customer satisfaction.

Now this is easily detected by the AI content detection tools.

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/ruxycnyvd0hn3zvhm422.png)

Then I asked AI systems to rewrite it and avoid useless words. It generated a more simpler version.

> Have you noticed how AI is making it easier and more fun to travel? It helps us get from one place to another faster and more comfortably by analyzing traffic data and giving us personalized recommendations.

> And it's not just for people like you and me - businesses use it to make their operations run smoother and save money, too. They do this by looking at data on things like demand, inventory, and transportation to simplify their logistics and supply chains.

> AI in transportation is becoming more popular and is expected to keep growing in the future.

And then the AI content detection failed.

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/y4bibzrp007rmg0xni27.png)

In fact there are tools like [Content at Scale](https://contentatscale.ai?fpr=taher) who charges a hefty amount to provide ai content that sounds less ai-ish, as they mix up a few AI tools, google search and so on, to produce a better content. I am sure there will be more doing the same.

Okay so now what? 

There are AI tools that can produce contents, there are AI detection tools that can detect AI contents, but both of them can be easily fooled.

What is the issue here? 

The issue is the quality of content we are going to read on a daily basis. Since AI content is basically trained on dataset of real world data, a ton of AI content will sound real, while a ton of real human written content will end up sounding like AI. 

If I consume more AI related contents, I am bound to pick up a few of their habits when doing research for my articles, and end up being called an AI.

So basically it's another cat and mouse game once again. People will abuse it as much as possible and there seems to be no solution at sight yet until human creativity catches up, it will for sure. If AI was trained by human, AI can be caught by human as well.