RE: An old fairy tale retold: The seven ravens / Altes Märchen, neu erzählt: Die sieben Raben
This comment was written by me, not AI-generated.
I wrote it in simple English because that is how I normally express appreciation for writings I enjoy.
There was no automated rewriting involved, just me reacting to the atmosphere, themes, and emotions of the retelling. What you describe as “AI-like” is simply reflective language about literature, something people have been doing long before AI existed.
Instead of putting my comment into software without really reading it, I would ask you to read it again carefully. You will see that every sentence is written in very simple English.
I am also an author, I hold a PhD degree, and I have publications available online. Writing clearly and thoughtfully is part of my professional background.
Detector tools are widely known to be unreliable and they often flag careful, structured, or polished writing as nonhuman writing! See the screenshot below, that flagged your post (both English and German versions) as AI-generated! Check for yourself here https://gptzero.me/
I am tired too. I am not going to post in this community anymore if my writing is simply put into software and declared AI-generated without genuine reading.
And just to clarify, the upvotes I receive on my posts or comments are usually worth only one or two cents. I do not need that. I am on Steemit purely as a hobby, to read articles and meet new people, not to earn money. At most, I make one or two dollars a month here, which is honestly negligible. I am a professional with my own clinic, working as a clinical psychologist, and I do not want to see this kind of dumb commentary on my content.
I understand your indignation—if you are a serious author. As I said before, if I am wrong in my impression, I am very sorry. But I will not keep it to myself. People often appear in this Community who publish massive amounts of AI-generated text (and vehemently deny it, of course). I suppose that's just part of life today. But that doesn't mean I have to accept it. As I said, I don't attach much importance to the tools themselves. It's my sense of language that's triggered, that's the problem. Simple language has long since ceased to be a hallmark of CHatGPT & Co. I'll never be absolutely certain about the authenticity of my counterpart, I'm aware of that too. But in my Community, we speak up when there are uncertainties. I want to keep things public because they are in the public interest.
Have I wrongly pigeonholed you? I would be sorry if I had. Really and truly. Nevertheless, I will continue to point it out to you when your style sounds like AI to me. I don't reject the technology in general, but in my opinion it has no place in the field of writing. I am aware of the estimated percentage of books published in 2025 that will be written entirely by AI, and it worries me greatly. I try to keep this space “clean.” I know I'm failing at that, too. Feel free to read the posts here from the last four weeks... But I'll keep trying.