Jonathan Gunson. Writer

This is terrifying on every level, and, once again, Alyssa hits the nail right on the head. While I am extremely vocal about being against generative AI usage (especially within creative spaces), I also do not want to live in a world where we are asking authors to essentially "present their papers" to prove their work is their own. And I especially don't want to live in a world where authors' manuscripts are being run through AI detection programs (or any AI programs, for that matter) without their consent as a means to discredit them or call their integrity into question. We really need to figure out what can/should be done about this because I am so tired of seeing innocent authors' names dragged through the mud and their careers tanked over something that has yet to be demonstrably proven beyond a written admission or prompt baked into their manuscript. Did we all just forget that Pangram also flagged Mary Shelley's FRANKENSTEIN as being 100% AI written? Why are publishing professionals relying on this tool in any capacity given its history of false positives? As someone who is currently on submission, I'm scared. And, regardless of whether you're going the trad route or are self-published, you should be, too.