The AI Paradox: Real Minds Under Scrutiny

How do you work, compete, and succeed in a tech world where the very systems we've created tell us that we - and our work - are not human enough? I’ve literally had my own writing flagged as AI-generated more than once. There’s nothing quite like pouring your heart and soul into something, laboring over every single word, and then being told by a machine, "This doesn’t feel human."

A human-designed AI tool telling a human they’re not human enough.

We use AI to "detect" AI as if the circle of irony couldn’t tighten any further. Humans create AI, and then AI turns around and questions whether we are capable of doing what we literally taught it to do. These tools are not magical truth-tellers. They rely on patterns, word choices, syntax, and tone. Write something too polished? AI. Use big words? Definitely AI. Add sarcasm and personality? Oops, still AI. Apparently, we’ve forgotten that humans can also write thoughtfully and with depth.

So... writers have their work rejected. Students are penalized. And for WHAT? Because a bot decided their talent and efforts were "too good to be true?" We are essentially letting robots gatekeep human creativity. And somehow, no one is seeing the gigantic waving red flag here.

Hello!? Intelligence and coherence are NOT exclusively artificial traits.

I am concerned because I am just months away from self-publishing… a path I chose due largely in part to my fear of being rejected because of AI telling publishers that I am incapable of thinking for myself. It is this same fear that feeds into my hesitation to post on platforms like Substack.

I know that some of you will probably say to document my process, save my drafts, and fight back if I am flagged. However, I would like more feedback on whether this has happened to anyone else - as I am positive that it has - and how you handled it.

Thank you in advance.

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