“Are we losing talent to flawed technology?” the woman asked. (Representative photo)
In recent years, the AI trend has taken over social media platforms. From passing medical and legal exams to giving speeches, AI has evolved so much that it even talks to users and offers solutions to their problems. However, technological progress has also threatened many existing jobs and their future usefulness. Questions also remain about its reliability. A Pakistani woman, who was turned down for a job interview simply because her 'original' work was flagged by an 'unreliable AI detector', has wondered if we are losing talent to 'flawed technology'.
Content writer Damisha Irfan wrote on LinkedIn: “I was rejected because of 'so-called' AI detectors. Yes, you read that right! I was rejected for a job interview simply because my work was flagged by an unreliable AI detector.”
“After putting in my sincere efforts to create original content, it was rejected due to these 'imposter' AI tools that cannot accurately differentiate between real human creativity and AI-generated text,” she said.
In her post, Ms Irfan asked a “serious question”. “Are we losing talent to flawed technology?” she asked.
“It's time to rethink how we use these tools in decision-making. Let's not let innovation become a roadblock for authentic creators,” she concluded.
Ms. Irfan shared the post a few days ago. Since then it has generated several reactions and comments. Her post sparked a discussion online about the use of AI in creative fields.
“I'm glad to see more people speaking out about these faulty AI detector tools. For so long, I've seemed like a lonely voice that doesn't know what it's doing. These tools want us to write terrible content. If it's good and reads well, they thinking it can only be done by AI. What is that? I think people who demand the use of these AI tools know that they are very imperfect. Why should they use them professionally yet?
“It is. I recently created some content with a little help from AI. The few lines generated by AI showed up as Human Written and my content was marked as AI Written!” shared another.
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“This is the unfortunate challenge we all face as creators. Nearly 99% of these AI detectors will even mark original content as AI-generated. The most disappointing part is that those responsible rarely take the time to read through the content themselves. to determine whether it really sounds AI-generated or human-written. This raises a pressing question: how can content writers get justice against wrongful accusations by unreliable AI detectors? expressed a third party user.
“It's really sad that we rely too much on tools to check the quality of a content. Grammar and readability tools have replaced proofreading. We are seriously overlooking talent,” added a fourth user.
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