I have a weird habit of guessing whether something's AI before I check, especially on LinkedIn and Reddit (for obvious reasons). The detectors I used to confirm were mostly junk and built to sell you a "humanizer" upsell, so I went and read the actual research on what gives AI text away in 2026, then built my own (no login and free)
The main sources I used are these:
[https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.07016](https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.07016)
[https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.07183](https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.07183)
[https://aclanthology.org/2025.coling-main.426/](https://aclanthology.org/2025.coling-main.426/)
[https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.16107](https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.16107)
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Signs_of_AI_writing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Signs_of_AI_writing) (Amazing article on the topic)
Would love to hear what you think and how you spot slop in the wild!
Comments URL: [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48534908](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48534908)
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source & further reading
isitslop.xyz — original article