Everyone else here already made good points.
But also, Iâd like to ask peopleâŚhow do you imagine this âprotectsâ artists/writers in any way? What good does it do?
âWell, they might admit itâs AI, and then â â
And then what? Youâll report them? Like it or not, generative AI isnât illegal yet, nor is it against AO3âs ToS, or basically anywhere else.
And AI not being allowed on AO3 for as long as generative AI continues to be a thing is a bad thing, actually, because people wonât stop posting the stuff â theyâll just completely stop tagging it, and therefore you wonât be able to mostly avoid it even half as easily.
Youâll create a callout post about them? Okay? And thatâll doâŚwhat, exactly? Make people avoid the fic or âartworkâ? You canât make revenue on AO3 for people clicking on the fics, nor do you make money here on Tumblr for likes or reblogs. Youâre not doing any harm to the creator. And even if hypothetically they did make money off it, do you think you pointing out that one of their works was AI would stop them? Let me answer that for you: no. Theyâd keep using AI, and theyâd probably just get better about hiding it if they donât want anyone to know.
Your efforts are pointless and help no one. The best you can do is to just not interact at all with a user you think uses AI.
If youâre wrong about such an accusation (and letâs be clear: it is both an accusation and an insult, as youâre looking at that creation someone made and telling them, âlol Iâm having a hard time believing you made this, I think itâs shitty enough to be fakeâ), on the other hand, you are still making things actively worse for everyone all the more.
Youâre encouraging people to witch hunt, harass, and interrogate real creators based on stupid âhunchesâ about their art and writing styles on stuff that they made for free for themselves and other people to enjoy.
Youâre insulting the creators you love and downplaying the time, effort, and energy it took to make their thing.
Youâre making them paranoid about being suspected of AI over minor tiny ass imperfections or even perfections in their creations.
Youâre creating a toxic âguilty until proven innocentâ environment that most creators very simply arenât going to want to stick around in, much less keep creating things for your ungrateful asses to enjoy free of charge.
Youâre ruining innocent peopleâs reputations over nothing by making these dumbass comments that will then make any of their followers who read it likely to begin questioning them, themselves. Because if someone said it, surely it could have a reason and some merit behind it, right?
Again, if you think a work is AI but your only proof is a few minuscule tiny âtellsâ you think youâve figured out, just donât interact. Donât promote it. But for Godâs sake, donât accuse people unless you have a damn good reason and some damn solid evidence they did it.
If thereâs any level of doubt in your mind, keep fucking scrolling.