Thoughts on Medium’s New AI Generated Policy
The first thing that popped up on Medium today was their post about their new policy on AI assisted articles.
Here’s a link to the post if you haven’t seen it:
How we’re approaching AI-generated writing on Medium | by Scott Lamb | The Medium Blog
The decision boils down to this:
- You need to disclose if your content is written with the help if AI
- If you don’t disclose it, and they think it AI written, it won’t be distributed
I am NOT a fan of AI content and really dislike wading through tons of AI garbage when I Google something, in hopes of finding a post by a real person.
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Unfortunately, most of the posts seem to be AI generated versions of the same article, just with the sentences rearranged.
I am also wondering exactly how they will be able to tell it's definitely AI and how much AI counts as AI. A paragraph? Half the article?
Exactly how much of the article needs to be AI for it to trigger the system and be flagged?
Most of the people on Medium are here to support people, not the AI that’s cobbling our articles together and claiming it’s something new. And not the people relying heavily on AI and calling themselves writers.
I’m sure it’s hard these days to staunch the flow of AI posts, and Medium has its work cut out for it to keep it in check.
So, what’s your feeling about it? How do you think AI should be treated here on Medium?
