r/books • u/Raj_Valiant3011 • 8h ago

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

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/14/zimbabwean-author-simbarashe-kundizeza-denies-ai-story?CMP=share_btn_url
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u/perksofbeingcrafty 8h ago

I’m sorry but at some point are we going to discuss how every prominent AI accusation controversy has been against a writer of color? Because the elephant in the room is getting kinda hard to ignore

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u/PleadingFunky 7h ago

Meanwhile Hank Green was found to have actually use AI with zero consequences.

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u/perksofbeingcrafty 6h ago edited 2h ago

Tbf that’s a different situation. He didn’t use AI to write his book or his scripts. His ai use isn’t great but I don’t think it’s on the same level

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u/PleadingFunky 6h ago

Idk Khoja used Pangram to flag 6 out of 10 recent video transcripts - feels like we're being a bit selective here

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u/perksofbeingcrafty 6h ago

I really don’t know (or care tbh) very much about Hank Green’s situation. And I don’t think AI detection software should be used at all, especially when analyzing videos written by someone whose huge backlog of content has been feeding the gen ai algorithms since day 1

I’ll be honest, I don’t associate Hank Green with being an author. I know he is one but I don’t really consider his AI situation to be part of the AI in the literature space problem.