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That time a bot actually helped me win an argument on Reddit

I was on a gardening subreddit arguing with some guy about whether you really need to soak beet seeds before planting. He kept saying I was wrong with these super formal paragraphs. After like 10 messages back and forth I ran his writing through one of those AI detectors and it flagged him at 92%. I screenshot everything and posted it, and the mods actually banned him for breaking the bot policy. Kinda wild that a tool designed to catch bots ended up saving my argument.
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daniel_cooper34
...and honestly @jessem59 hit the nail on the head there. Those detectors are garbage for anything serious. I've seen them flag old reddit comments from like 2015 that were clearly written by a person, just because they used semi-correct grammar. The whole thing is a joke. But in that specific case, it worked out because the guy was actually a bot and it gave you the proof you needed. Still wouldn't trust one to settle a real debate without backing it up with other stuff.
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theas28
theas287d ago
92% on those detectors don't mean much, they flag everything.
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jessem59
jessem597d ago
Yeah @theas28, you're right, 92% is basically useless when it flags everything. I've had it mark my own old posts as AI before, so the whole thing feels broken. These detectors just aren't reliable enough to take seriously.
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