Over 40% of Facebook Posts are Likely AI-Generated — Study – Originality.AI
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Have you seen a Facebook post and wondered if it was AI-generated or human-written? In this study, we analyze the impact of ChatGPT and generative AI tools on Facebook posts. These are our findings.

Originality.AI looked at 8,885 long Facebook posts made over the past six years.

Key Findings

  • 41.18% of current Facebook long-form posts are Likely AI, as of November 2024.
  • Between 2023 and November 2024, the average percentage of monthly AI posts on Facebook was 24.05%.
  • This reflects a 4.3x increase in monthly AI Facebook content since the launch of ChatGPT. In comparison, the monthly average was 5.34% from 2018 to 2022.
  • Ace@feddit.ukEnglish
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    11 hours ago

    this whole concept relies on the idea that we can reliably detect AI, which is just not true. None of these “ai detector” apps or services actually works reliably. They have terribly low success rates. the whole point of LLMs is to be indistinguishable from human text, so if they’re working as intended then you can’t really “detect” them.

    So all of these claims, especially the precision to which they write the claims (24.05% etc), are almost meaningless unless the “detector” can be proven to work reliably.

    • billwashere@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      25 minutes ago

      Thank you. I’ve wondered the same thing. I mean the whole goal of the LLMs is to be indistinguishable from normal human created test. I have a hard time telling most of the time. Now the images I can spot in a heartbeat. But I imagine that will change too.

    • Initiateofthevoid@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      4 hours ago

      Not enough attention is given to the literal arms race we find ourselves in. Most big tech buzz is all “yay innovation!” Or “oh no, jobs!”

      Don’t get me wrong, the impact AI will have on pretty much every industry shouldn’t be underestimated, and people are and will lose their jobs.

      But information is power. Sun Tzu knew this a long time ago. The AI arms race won’t just change job markets - it will change global markets, public opinion, warfare, everything.

      The ability to mass produce seemingly reliable information in moments - and the consequent inability to trust or source information in a world flooded by it…

      I can’t find the words to express how dangerous it is. The long-term consequences are going to be on par with - and terribly codependent with - the consequences of the industrial revolution.