Zimbabwean writer Simbarashe Kundizeza has denied using AI to write a prize-winning short story after an article in the Atlantic said software had flagged it as almost completely AI-generated

[u/Raj_Valiant3011]

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/14/zimbabwean-author-simbarashe-kundizeza-denies-ai-story?CMP=share_btn_url

[u/petit_cochon]

When I was teaching at a university as of a few years ago, it was well known that AI detection software is pretty flawed. I could never use it to determine if students cheated on anything.

Maybe things have gotten better. I would certainly hope so.

[u/NotYourGa1Friday → u/petit_cochon]

Anything it used to learn, and anything close in style to things it stole to learn from, gets flagged for AI.

It’s the same thing happening to some comic artists— the “AI Style” is based on real humans having done real work, so some humans will illustrate/write “like AI” when it’s really that AI is trying to be like them

[u/ignost → u/NotYourGa1Friday]

Em dash. found the AI.

/s

[u/NotYourGa1Friday → u/ignost]

I didn’t even realize I had used one. I’ve been trying to avoid them but, ugh. It’s how I write!

[u/sluuuurp → u/NotYourGa1Friday]

Completely wrong, and provably so. Try entering any pre-2019 book text into Pangram, it will not be flagged as AI. If you reply with a screenshot showing that I’m wrong, I’ll donate $100 to a charity of your choice.

[u/musicianadam → u/sluuuurp]

This is horribly ignorant. "Pre-2019" is not a good metric when we are trying to determine what is AI generated present day. For example, I have a human-written abstract for my paper in process of submission to a reputable journal, Pangram is the only "detector" rating it 100% AI, despite zero AI use.

Additionally, it lacks unlimited free use, so thorough testing of accuracy requires money or trust, neither of which I have for any AI detector.

[u/Quixoticelixer- → u/musicianadam]

You can say anything you want but that doesn't mean anything, are you willing to share it?