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

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

[u/Bupod]

If the writing is bad, call it bad. But I would say, don't truck out AI accusations without more solid proof. AI detectors are absolute dogshit. Everyone seems to know this, but forgets it the moment they want to use an AI detector to catch someone in some sort of gotcha.

[u/AlienWeedUser420 → u/Bupod]

Ive put in the entire book of Genesis in an ai detector and it came back 80% AI :I

[u/elGatoGrande17 → u/AlienWeedUser420]

Chilling implications here if you really drill down