SlopDetection

#strategies

Current AI-written documents have a certain "smell" to them that make it very clear that it was written by AI.

Here's a running list of shibboleths that I've found to be reliable indicators of AI authorship:

Pattern Example Regular Expression
— —
X → Y → Z →
X + Y \w \+ \w
It's not just X. It's Y. (stead of|n't|not) just.+?(\.|—)
X. No Y. [—\.;] (Just|No\s)
10k+ Xs. [0-9]k?\+
X itself. itself
that framing really resonated framing
Here's why X works: t*here's(.){3,50}[\.—:]
Why This Works/Matters Why (.){3,20} (works|matters)
zero Xs. zero\s
The X is the Y. the ([^\s]+){1,3} is the ([^\s]+){1,5}\s*[—:\.;]
clicked/resonated (clicked|resonated)
(number)-layer ([0-9]+|one|two|three|four|etc)-layer
the X layer the ([^\s])+ layer
the key/critical insight: the (key|critical) ([^\s])+
the real/honest X the (real|honest) ([^\s])+
the X worth Ying worth ([^\s])+ing

And to detect AI-generated code defects: