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[earthanthem]

(via Beach Waves)

[fractally]

With this sudden amount of conversation of AI-assisted fics and such, is there a specific fic or fics that people are talking about as being "super popular" but obviously AI written? I feel so out of the loop

(Feel free to send me this on anon if you don't want to comment something publicly. I won't publish anything that names an author / fic)

[darlingofdots]

I believe the uptick in conversation is in reaction to this. The Reddit post links to a conversation/document that explains a specific html markers which proves that a piece of text has been copied + pasted directly from Claude AI, and then includes a rundown of how many of these markers were found in a subset of very popular fics in the Heated Rivalry tag on AO3, some of which are extremely popular and successful (as in, very high stats, are talked about and recommended a lot, authors have name recognition).

This marker only exists if text was copied directly from Claude AI into the AO3 text box. It wasn't originally identified in a fandom context and doesn't occur if the text was copied from Claude into ie a Word doc or if a different LLM was used. It also doesn't differentiate between text that was completely generated by Claude and text that was only edited by Claude for formatting or spelling.

The main takeaway from this experiment is, in my opinion, that AI use in fanfiction is widespread and ubiquitous and not detectable to most people. There is no reliable way to tell if a text was written using AI because of how LLMs work and what they were trained on, but a lot of people ARE using AI to write fanfiction and the results are good enough to make AI use rewarding.

The other thing is that it complicates the way fandom as a community talks about AI use in fic. Most people don't want to read fic that uses AI, which disincentivises writers from disclosing their AI usage. People have been using AI accusations to bully and harass authors, which is bad because bullying is bad, but also apparently a lot of authors are using AI and vehemently denying it when asked. Reconciling all of this in a way that satisfies all the different interests and ideals about fandom conversations is going to be really, really difficult and probably get really, really ugly.

[lisapizza]

my hot take that nobody cares about is that if you use AI to write/edit your fiction (or emails or text messages or term papers or legal briefs or anything, really) and your arguments are that (a) everyone does it, and also (b) you're still putting in work, then you should have no problem tagging it as written or edited with AI. because according to you, there's nothing wrong with it, so stop hiding. be a loud and proud AI user! spend your days filtering AO3 to only read AI stories! drop the emails your coworkers have AI write to you back into AI for a response! and if everyone is using it, well, we'll quickly be proven wrong about its usage rates and the numbers will show that and boy, won't there be egg on my face then!

[charl0ttan]

whats everyones favorite cocktails. i totally adore a sex on the beach. no rum and coke okay i want your favorite gay ass colorful fruity tasting type of drink okay? okay. i trust you. i love you

[forestofsprites]

lovely friends and gorgeous people of tumblr.com, i invite you to please reblog this post and put in the tags something that has brought you happiness lately! anything at all, any joy, slight or miraculous, wholly at your discretion!

[threepelicansinatrenchcoat]

I think the funniest possible game samer would be if Sam managed to trap Lou, Siobhan, and Brennan in an escape room again

[thememedaddy]

[savvy-devine666]

@ilya-halfelven

[sizzlingsandwichperfection-blog]

The looking for Alaska miniseries is very good but I cried too much and it wasn’t very manly of me

my brother in christ, the entire point is to feel what there is to feel while we are here.

[junecast-moonfast]

Album/playlist Kinsey scale

0 Exclusively listens to albums

1 Predominantly listens to albums, rarely listens to playlists

2 Predominantly listens to albums, often listens to playlists

3 Equally listens to albums and playlists

4 Predominantly listens to playlists, often listens to albums

5 Predominantly listens to playlists, rarely listens to albums

6 Exclusively listens to playlists

x Doesn't listen to music

x Listens to music, but not in either of these ways (eg: radio)

idk/i'm bald/results/nuance

Voting ended onJul 1

Reblogs for sample size are appreciated, as I feel like my circle of mutuals would probably fall on the lower end of the scale! :p

[no-longer-another-bondi-blonde]

Pink Floyd 🖤

[quiet-doll]

recently saw ppl discuss whether they put their medicines in a kitchen cabinet or a bathroom cabinet and i was shocked by the fact that many ppl said kitchen cabinet. so now i need you to reblog this and say where you keep yours

[curiositysavesthecat]

Do you like your birth date?

Yes, I like it

No, I dislike it

Neutral / no opinion

Voting ended onJun 29

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[cornercritter]

my self-indulgence. happy fucking pride.

[little-bisexual-gargoyle]

[littlepurebloodprincess]

[dongbangskies]

Just finished season 1.

It’s so beautiful! I cry anytime she remembers Himmel.

[whatcha-thinkin]

The bar is closing and you and your drunk friends are hungry! In your opinion what's the best drunk food?

tacos

pancakes

hot dogs

chicken wings

burgers

pizza

nachos

Philly cheesesteak

ramen

peanut butter & jelly

dude see if there's a [tag] nearby

I would never bring this garbage into the temple that is my body

Voting ended onJun 18

[scifigrl47]

Happy Pride!

[iero]

T-shirt that says "I'M SORRY FOR THE PERSON I BECOME WHEN I'M OVERHEATED"