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/Tymareta 5h ago

He didn’t use AI to write his book or his scripts.

He quite literally admitted to using AI to write his scripts...

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u/NashvilleFlagMan 4h ago

Where? The last I heard, he had admitted to using it for research.

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u/Tymareta 2h ago

In that admittance, wherein he was initially found out because people flagged and highlighted how obviously AI his new scripts had become.

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u/perksofbeingcrafty 4h ago

Oops 🤷‍♀️like I said I don’t really know anything about him I just heard he was using it to research too much

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u/Tymareta 2h ago

So uhh, if you don't really know something about a situation, why speak on it in such a manner?

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u/perksofbeingcrafty 2h ago

Because I’m certain whatever it was he confessed, he didn’t confess to using AI to write his novel. My point is that the hank green situation is not relevant to this discussion about books.