AI Nonsense Overwhelming Social Media
No shocker here, right? A report from the AI detection service Pangram suggests that social media is overflowing with AI-generated garbage, particularly the lengthy content, predominantly on LinkedIn or X. If you’re tired of sifting through robotic drivel, it might be worth considering a break from these platforms altogether.
Pangram’s Chrome Plugin: AI Detector for a Fee
Apart from typical AI-content detection tools, Pangram introduced a Chrome plugin in April that, for a playful $20 per month, will automatically comb through a user’s LinkedIn, Medium, Substack, X, and Reddit timelines for AI-generated or aided material. Since its debut, over a million posts have been examined via this plugin, with Pangram determining that AI garbage is particularly impacting longform content.
LinkedIn: Garbage Hub
LinkedIn, the hub of monotonous professional rants, hasn’t improved at all. 41% of longform content there is generated by AI. Originality.ai estimated it to be 54% in its 2024 assessment, though they were more lenient with word counts, classifying anything over 100 words as longform. Not just limited to longform; even brief posts between 50 and 250 words are being AI-generated 30% of the time. It seems to be all or nothing for LinkedIn’s thought garbage leaders, with only 4.3% of longform content receiving some AI aid instead of complete creation.
Tweeting with AI
Over on Elon’s X, the scene isn’t much brighter. One-quarter of posts are entirely AI-generated, with an additional 23.2% receiving some assistance from bots. Yes, you’re looking at about a 50/50 shot of actual human input there.
Medium, Substack, and Reddit: Minor Offenders
Medium isn’t in the clear either, with roughly a third of posts likely being AI-assisted. On Substack, AI-generated content is less prevalent but still constitutes 21.9% of the material. Reddit presents a mixed picture, as comments make up a large part of the site’s content. Pangram notes that 11.6% of Reddit posts show signs of AI involvement, but an impressive 98.1% of comments are made by humans, making Reddit a solid choice if you wish to avoid AI influence.
Conclusion: Submerged in AI
Pangram wraps it up, highlighting that the web is drowning in undisclosed AI content, although they’re not claiming it’s the apocalypse just yet. The Chrome plugin could aid in spotting the garbage, but if you’re not inclined to pay $20/month, you might have to assume everyone’s faking it. Perhaps it’s time to disconnect from those feeds altogether, eh?
Summary: AI – The Unwanted Gift That Keeps Giving
It appears the internet is becoming a Write-Off, with AI serving as the ghostwriter we never requested. Perhaps we should all just adopt a Jack Russell and take a stroll instead.
