the AI witch hunts in fandom need to stop. They need to stop now oh my god i am so fucking serious.
Look, fuck AI, I wish so hard it didn't exist, but there is no foolproof way to tell if fic used AI short of someone leaving a prompt in or them admitting it. Especially when you're not an expert which you fucking aren't! Any 'tell' you spot could very easily have some perfectly innocent explanation.
If you have your suspicions, then stop engaging with that work, that fan, whatever. But the callouts and the dog piles are going to hurt actual fan creators way way more than they should, because it should hurt them ZERO!!! no actual fan creator should have to defend themselves against an AI accusation because that shit is slippery as he'll. HOW would you like them to prove to your satisfaction that they did not use AI? should they be submitting drafts to you? would you like a screen recording of their workflow?
you are going to strangle fandoms in their cribs.
you are going to crush new fans.
you wanna feel secure in the knowledge that the people whose work you're engaging with are making it themselves? then ENGAGE WITH THOSE FANS! form a community with people who like to talk about the projects they're working on and share and recieve feedback with each other. Also known as A FUCKING FANDOM!!!