Hey Vocal, Your AI Detection Algorithm Is Flagging Your Real Users

An Open Letter to the Vocal Dev Team, On Behalf of Writers Facing Off Against Artificial Intelligence Writing

If it wasn’t readily apparent from my profile and collection of stories, I’m a huge STEM nerd. When ChatGPT was announced I rejoiced about the potential for innovation and efficiency. Where many saw [an absolutely incredibly valid] concern about jobs being stolen and their livelihood being jeopardized, I couldn’t help but wax optimistic, suddenly all authors were granted a new, free tool for peer-like review, SEO optimization, and, yes, even text generation.

AI very quickly became my new, favorite writing tutor. I could paste in my rough paragraphs and get validation, reviews for improvement, and relevant SEO-optimized title suggestions in seconds. With the tool, I could spend more time doing what I actually love: writing — and could then worry less about the editing and marketing aspect of this career. On top of that, having the validation of a bot behind me boosted my confidence as a writer — I could post knowing that an algorithm trained on good writing patterns thought that what I was creating was at least technically sound.