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*As of now, AI generated works are allowed on the site

Ao3 is literally just a place for writing to be kept online. It’s like a little community box. You don’t control what goes in the box, okay? The box is there to keep things, not to regulate them. In an ideal world, no AI would be on Ao3, not because they banned it but because nobody is dumb enough to use it. That’s literally it.

Also, the Ao3 staff have way more things to work on than detecting AI. A reminder that they are ran on donations and are full of volunteers. They do Gods work, they shouldn’t have to wade through AI bullshit.

Could I explain the actual rules of how they’re used? Absolutely not.

"Authors artificially inflate comment counts by thanking people, I can't find anything with a real comment count to read." No they fucking are not, they're grateful for engagement.

"I can't read anything under 100k." That's the majority of fics you're ignoring, most novels aren't even that long.

"I don't have time to look for the incredibly rare diamond in the rough, so I won't read anything below a certain amount of kudos, comments, and hits." Those fics are popular because people gave them a chance and then snobs like you found them.

"I won't read anthing with a single typos." You made typos in that sentence, get off your high horse.

"One singular author didn't thank me for commenting, I'm never commenting on any fic again so I don't get burned." You're punishing people because someone didn't give you engagement they don't owe you that they might not have seen.

"This fic is three months old, it's so old, it doesn't matter if I comment or kudos, it's old." Fics do not have expiration dates, comment and kudos.

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