The War Against The Machines

In the year 2022, AI algorithms emerged and dominated the internet.

Skynet’s activation will control communications, yet AI is still not entirely autonomous or advanced enough. For the time being, it benefits the humans behind it that mainly abuse these services.

There is still no neural network connecting AI entities, but the first step was initiated.

AI is unleashed on the public and already causing unprecedented damage.

Writing platforms are overwhelmed by AI-generated content, indistinguishable from the work of human writers.

There is a way to figure out using plagiarism checkers since these AI apps create content that we find already on the internet.

Still, we will probably never manage to separate the bots from real users, as soon the AI algorithms will evolve further and flood the internet.

Using AI Content Without Citation is Plagiarism

Using AI-generated content without mentioning it and properly citing your source is as illegal as plagiarizing. Actually, it is plagiarism.

Maybe you can ask your AI about this, and find out what the ChatGPT has to say:

“According to Assistant (2023),

‘ If you are found to have plagiarized AI-generated content, you could face consequences that may include disciplinary action or legal penalties, depending on the circumstances.’”

ChatGPT permitted me to use part of its content and specifically mentioned how I should present it.

I asked if I could use one sentence and got the response that I had to cite it as “Assistant 2023”.

Plagiarisers, those that use the work of others without properly attributing them, can face legal penalties depending on the circumstances. There is no distinction in these terms between human or AI-generated content. It is plagiarism regardless.

By copy-pasting and not crediting the original author, these “writers” are misleading their audience. Unethical behavior is unacceptable.

Using AI-generated content without properly citing is as inappropriate as plagiarising from any other source.

The Internet Becomes More Hostile For Everyone

I asked ChatGPT a lot more about scanning for AI-generated content, and it gave me several hints.

We can detect this content by scanning for plagiarism. Similar to all those I’ve reported in the past, where the content appeared to be plagiarised from 3 to 4 sources, but in total, it was just 1–2% unique.

All those I reported for plagiarism (and many more) were not just plagiarising but also using AI-generating tools to generate fake content and earn money fast.

I’ve tested some responses by ChatGPT and a few other AI bots that offered a free sample and found this content all over the internet (30% from one link, another 20% from another, and the rest from one or two more sources).

These results perplex the analysis, and maybe for some admins, they were not corresponding to direct plagiarism. Yet, they were plagiarism. Systems detecting plagiarism require improvement, though.

Malicious content creators extract this data and constantly upload content online based on AI responses.

In the past, I mentioned legit tools that assist writers with common mistakes, like Grammarly and ProWritingAid.

These tools have nothing to do with AI content or plagiarism.

We use them to scan for mistakes, but they do not change the content.

The AI services can assist writers, perhaps by fetching new ideas about a topic that AI can expand our horizons and fill knowledge gaps. This is the use case of ChatGPT and the honest approach to using its resources.

The fraudulent approach is copy-pasting ChatGPT responses and presenting them as your own content.

Yet, the content-generating bots reached the hands of scammers that profited at the expense of honest writers. They deceived their audience with their approach and deliver content lacking depth and human perception.

An experienced eye can spot them through some powerful plagiarism checkers.

Closing Thoughts — Should Writers Care?

A new age has started where content on the internet is less credible and less honest than ever before.

For the writers that generate income online, AI will get paid at least ten times more on any platform that uses an automated payment process.

And as we know well, there is no unlimited funding. As more users enter the payment zone, we divide the sum into more accounts. So the more users that get paid, the less we all get. Since AI content only takes a few minutes to be produced, a single person can publish dozens of plagiarised articles daily with different accounts.

AI content out-competes anyone not fluent in English (me included) and it is better than almost anything else. Only already established writers can differentiate and deliver higher quality.

Thus, I will stop writing about anything else but cryptocurrency, since I’m at a disadvantage in any other writing niche. There are plenty of fluent English people that recognize the mistakes that bypass Grammarly and Pro Aid.

I’m afraid this is the beginning of the end for online writers.

KYC procedures don’t affect scammers. They have already gathered millions of KYC papers from fake airdrops. They have even set up a KYC market where buffoons sell their sensitive private information for a dollar.

It is hideous any way you look at it, and perhaps our fears of the internet turning into a monstrosity now become a reality.

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