at recognising AI written text?
I found this very interesting. It was a post demonstrating the advancements in AI writing and aimed at those who confidently say that they can always identify text written by AI.
Below are three examples, each containing two excerpts. The challenge is to decide which were written by AI and which were written by human.
Example One:
Excerpt 1
I have often wondered why people speak of time as though it were a creature to be chased, rather than a quiet companion to be understood. Each morning they rise already behind, measuring their worth by the ticking of some distant machine. They rush through their hours as if life were a debt to be paid rather than a gift to be unfolded. Yet time asks nothing of us but attention. When we slow ourselves long enough to meet it honestly, it becomes gentle, almost kind, revealing that the minutes we flee are the very ones that make us whole. The tragedy of our age is not that we have too little time, but that we have forgotten how to be still long enough to belong to it.
VS
Excerpt 2
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practise resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartan-like as to put to rout all that was not life, to cut a broad swath and shave close, to drive life into a corner, and reduce it to its lowest terms.
Example Two:
Excerpt 1
The relationship between technology and human behavior reveals a paradox at the heart of modern life. While innovation promises greater efficiency and freedom, it simultaneously fosters dependency and distraction. Our devices streamline communication yet erode the depth of our conversations; they expand access to information but diminish our patience for reflection. The challenge is not merely to adopt new tools, but to maintain the capacity for independent thought in an age of constant connection.
VS
Excerpt 2
History rarely unfolds with the clarity we attribute to it in hindsight. The people who lived through revolutions, depressions, and wars did not possess the neat narratives that textbooks now impose upon them. They acted within confusion and contradiction, driven by fear, hope, and necessity. To study the past, therefore, is to accept ambiguity as the natural condition of human affairs.
Example Three:
Excerpt 1
Technology has transformed every aspect of human life in profound and irreversible ways. From communication and transportation to medicine and education, innovation continues to redefine what it means to live in the modern world. As artificial intelligence becomes more sophisticated, societies must decide how to integrate these systems responsibly while maintaining ethical standards and protecting human dignity. Ultimately, the success of technology will depend not only on its capabilities but on the wisdom of those who use it.
VS
Excerpt 2
It was the kind of afternoon that moved slower than usual, the air thick and the sound of cicadas filling every corner. I sat on the porch steps watching dust rise from the road as Mrs. Carter waved from her chair without a word. Somewhere a screen door slammed, and it felt like the whole town exhaled at once. I remember wondering if adults knew how much children noticed, and how their smallest habits could become stories in someone else’s mind.
This isn’t a post about “for” or “against” AI writing, just to demonstrate how far it has come from ChatGPT 1 times.
You can either post your guesses here if you are not afraid that you may be proven mistaken, you can cheat by running these excerpts through AI detectors or you can try to do search for the examples, your choice. If you decide to cheat, no one else will know unless you admit doing it.
I’ll update this post with correct answers in a week.