User:DarklitShadow/openai detection

I feel that OpenAI has reached a level where some method of visual detection by human editors is both useful and vital. Note that the ideas here will mostly likely appear primitive but hopefully they can be used someday.

I think the easiest method to tell if a user is using OpenAI to help with the creation of a new article is by thinking backwards. Look closely at the text, and reverse-engineer it with your eyes. After doing so, if you are able to guess the input, then the chances are likely that the new article was written using OpenAI.

There are some other tells which will be explained next.

Everything in this section uses text from here. Comparing the original text and the machine text is the easiest way to spot the tells that OpenAI tends to use.

Information Age Condensed Transcript, Original Text

The Information Age (also known as the Computer Age, Digital Age, Silicon Age, or New Media Age) is a historical period that began in the mid-20th century, characterized by a rapid epochal shift from traditional industry established by the Industrial Revolution to an economy primarily based upon information technology. The onset of the Information Age has been associated with the development of the transistor in 1947, the basic building block of modern electronics; the optical amplifier in 1957, the basis of long-distance fiber optic communications; and Unix time measured from the start of Jan. 1, 1970, the basis of Coordinated Universal Time and Network Time Protocol which now synchronizes all computers connected to the Internet.

Information Age Condensed Transcript, AI Generated Text

The Information Age, also referred to as the Computer Age, Digital Age, Silicon Age, or New Media Age, is a period in history that began in the mid-20th century. It is characterized by a rapid shift from traditional industries, as established during the Industrial Revolution, to an economy centered on information technology. The onset of the Information Age has been linked to the development of the transistor in 1947, the optical amplifier in 1957, and Unix time, which began on January 1, 1970 and serves as the basis for Coordinated Universal Time and the Network Time Protocol. These technological advances have had a significant impact on the way information is processed and transmitted.

OpenAI tells for Information Age Machine-Generated Text

1. Lack of Parenthesis
2. Linked =/= associated
3. The last sentence appears to have come from the phrase "which now synchronizes all computers connected to the Internet". The creation of this sentence doesn't appear to make sense.

Green Revolution Condensed Transcript, Original Text

The Green Revolution, or the Third Agricultural Revolution (after the Neolithic Revolution and the British Agricultural Revolution), was a period of technology transfer initiatives that saw a dramatic increase in crop yields and agricultural production. These changes in agriculture began in developed nations following WWII and continued globally until the late 1980s. Starting in the late 1960s farmers began adopting new technologies into farming such as, high-yielding varieties (HYVs) of cereals, especially dwarf wheat and rice. Moreover, agriculture began moving towards the widespread usage of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, and a controlled water-supply (usually involving irrigation) and newer methods of cultivation, including mechanization. All of these together were seen as a 'package of practices' to supersede 'Traditional' technology and to be adopted as a whole.

Green Revolution Condensed Transcript, AI Generated Text

The Green Revolution, also known as the Third Agricultural Revolution, was a period of technology transfer that greatly increased crop yields and agricultural production. These changes in agriculture began in developed countries after WWII and spread globally until the late 1980s. In the late 1960s, farmers began incorporating new technologies such as high-yielding varieties (HYVs) of cereals, particularly dwarf wheat and rice, and the widespread use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, and controlled irrigation. Agriculture also saw the adoption of newer methods of cultivation, including mechanization. These changes were often implemented as a package of practices meant to replace traditional technology.

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Land Transcript, Original Text

Land, also called dry land, ground, or earth, is the solid terrestrial surface of planet Earth that is not submerged by the ocean or another body of water. Land makes up 29 percent of Earth's surface and includes the continents and a variety of islands. Earth's land surface is almost entirely covered by regolith, a surface layer of rock, soil and minerals that forms the outer part of Earth's crust. The land is a vital part of Earth's climate system and plays important roles in the carbon cycle, nitrogen cycle, and water cycle. One-third of land is covered in trees, 15 percent in crops, and a tenth in permanent snow and glaciers.

Land Condensed Transcript, AI Generated Text

Land, also known as dry land, ground, or earth, is the solid terrestrial surface of the planet Earth that is not submerged by the ocean or other bodies of water. It makes up 29% of Earth's surface and includes the continents and various islands. Earth's land surface is almost entirely covered by regolith, a layer of rock, soil, and minerals that forms the outer part of the crust. Land plays important roles in Earth's climate system and is involved in the carbon cycle, nitrogen cycle, and water cycle. One-third of land is covered in trees, 15% is used for crops, and 10% is covered in permanent snow and glaciers.

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Irrigation Transcript, Original Text

Irrigation is the agricultural process of applying controlled amounts of water to land to assist in the production of crops, as well as to grow landscape plants and lawns, where it may be known as watering. Agriculture that does not use irrigation but instead relies only on direct rainfall is referred to as rain-fed. Irrigation has been a central feature of agriculture for over 5,000 years and has been developed independently by many cultures across the globe. Irrigation helps to grow agricultural crops, maintain landscapes, and revegetate disturbed soils in dry areas and during periods of less than average rainfall. Irrigation also has other uses in crop production, including frost protection, suppressing weed growth in grain fields and preventing soil consolidation. Irrigation systems are also used for cooling livestock, dust suppression, disposal of sewage, and in mining. Irrigation is often studied together with drainage, which is the removal of surface and sub-surface water from a given location. There are several methods of irrigation. They vary in how the water is supplied to the plants. The goal is to apply the water to the plants as uniformly as possible, so that each plant has the amount of water it needs, neither too much nor too little. Irrigation can also be understood whether it is supplementary to rainfall as happens in many parts of the world, or whether it is 'full irrigation' whereby crops rarely depend on any contribution from rainfall. Full irrigation is less common and only happens in arid landscapes experiencing very low rainfall or when crops are grown in semi-arid areas outside of any rainy seasons.

Surface irrigation, also known as gravity irrigation, is the oldest form of irrigation and has been in use for thousands of years. Micro-irrigation, sometimes called localized irrigation, low volume irrigation, or trickle irrigation is a system where water is distributed under low pressure through a piped network, in a pre-determined pattern, and applied as a small discharge to each plant or adjacent to it. Micro-irrigation uses less pressure and water flow than overhead irrigation. Drip irrigation trickles out at the root zone. In sprinkler or overhead irrigation, water is piped to one or more central locations within the field and distributed by overhead high-pressure sprinklers or guns. Subirrigation has been used for many years in field crops in areas with high water tables. It is a method of artificially raising the water table to allow the soil to be moistened from below the plants' root zone.

Irrigation Condensed Transcript, AI Generated Text

Irrigation is the practice of applying controlled amounts of water to land to help grow crops, landscape plants, and lawns. Agriculture that relies only on rainfall is called rain-fed agriculture. Irrigation has been a key aspect of agriculture for over 5,000 years and has been developed by many cultures around the world. It helps to grow crops, maintain landscapes, and rehabilitate disturbed soils in dry areas and during times of below-average rainfall. In addition to these uses, irrigation is also employed to protect crops from frost, suppress weed growth in grain fields, and prevent soil compaction. It is also used to cool livestock, reduce dust, dispose of sewage, and support mining operations. Drainage, which involves the removal of surface and sub-surface water from a given location, is often studied in conjunction with irrigation. There are several methods of irrigation that differ in how water is supplied to plants. The aim is to provide each plant with the necessary amount of water, neither too much nor too little, as uniformly as possible. Irrigation can be supplementary to rainfall, which is common in many parts of the world, or it can be full irrigation, where crops rarely rely on any contribution from rainfall. Full irrigation is less common and only occurs in arid landscapes with very low rainfall or when crops are grown in semi-arid areas outside of rainy seasons.

Surface irrigation, also known as gravity irrigation, is the oldest form of irrigation and has been in use for thousands of years. It involves the application of water to the surface of the soil. Micro-irrigation, also known as localized irrigation, low-volume irrigation, or trickle irrigation, is a system that distributes water under low pressure through a piped network and applies it as a small discharge to each plant or near it. It uses less pressure and water flow than overhead irrigation. Drip irrigation delivers water directly to the root zone of plants. In sprinkler or overhead irrigation, water is piped to one or more central locations within the field and distributed by high-pressure sprinklers or guns. Subirrigation has been used in field crops in areas with high water tables for many years. It involves artificially raising the water table to moisten the soil below the root zone of plants.

OpenAI tells for Land Machine-Generated Text

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