ai-anon here. first of all, not trying to call anyone out, not to start drama or stop anyone from writing (I know ai is trained on human writing, I know it becomes pretty inevitable for people to use it on daily basis, so like yeah there will be (there are already) stories created by ai. my issue is just when it's not tagged, because I (and a lot of other readers) specifically filter that out. we all have different relationships with ai-assisted writing, and tags are for everyone to find what they're looking for). ai agent used - free version of chatgpt (know nothing about gemini, claude, etc), it constantly uses/repeats (looked through ai-tagged works on ao3 - different fandoms, authors, plots, characters) same templates/patterns (even without specific prompts to do so) - as if this structure is reliable, symmetrical and has consistent rhythm:
[Statement]
[One-word/short fragment]
[One-word/short fragment]
[One-word/short fragment]
2. Not [X], but [Y] or Not [X]. Just [Y] aka correction loop
3. [A] does not [verb]. [A] does [verb] - those three are easy to get right every single time regardless of the plot, safe rule
standard intros that sound poetic but add little - "feeling/smell/sound/air [abstract/atmospheric quality]"
metaphor-as-punctuation aka every 3-5 sentences insert poetic comparison
the tidy epiphany structure aka [moment of realization] + [acceptance statement] + [poetic closure]
[long observational sentence] + [fragment for emphasis] + [fragment for emphasis] + [metaphorical conclusion] + [repeat]
ending - each chapter usually ends on a note of growth/understanding or peace aka closure/hope or acceptance (ai "wants" to finish the task)
as for the fic - polite assumption it's at least 50% ai-assisted (though honestly, it's a lot more)
okayyyyyy so tbh this very in-depth pattern recognition and ai analysis reads like it was made by ai to me.
i agree that ai-assisted/ai-written fics should 100% be tagged as such cause i wonโt read that either.
but honestly at this point??? iโm not focused on the fic in question. iโm focused on why you a) left an anon ask in MY inbox specifically, b) why you left an ask (that you knew iโd have to answer publicly) rather than messaging me privately, and c) what is it about this specific fic or ME that has you doin all this?
but also leave me out of this ??!!!??!!! but also answer my questions PLEASE
and also the fic in question is from the HR fandom so @canadasgoldengirl is the more appropriate account to be asking me these questions on
