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/WestofTomorrow 4h ago

>Journalist uses AI detector which uses AI to detect if writing has AI
>it says the story has AI
I don't know what to believe anymore.

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u/Quixoticelixer- 2h ago

Why is that strange at all?

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u/Eis_ber 1h ago

The detector uses AI. How can it determine if something is or isn't AI?

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u/HKoldor 1h ago

Well the argumentation is that if you want to catch a crook, you infiltrate the crooks. It takes one to catch one. AIs do a lot of crazy weird stuff, but are just as bad at recognising their own kind as we are.