Prose or Con, can you detect AI writing?

Name: Prose or Con, can you detect AI writing?
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Author: SwellJoe

by SwellJoe·Jun 28, 2026·1 point·2 comments

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AI Analysis

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Another AI detection game when dozens already exist online.

Strengths

•1188 passage pool provides decent variety across writing styles.
•Leaderboard and history features add replay value beyond single session.
•Clean, minimal UI gets you playing immediately without signup.

Weaknesses

•No technical innovation — just a quiz wrapped in a nice page.
•Doesn't explain passage sources or how AI samples were generated.

Post Description

There was a recent thread about a tool that "proves" a human actually wrote something via an animated edit history (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48699969). I commented that I can recognize AI writing regardless of such tools, and received some pushback...so, I wanted to be sure I wasn't lying to myself, and made a little game that shows samples or writing in a variety of styles, and you pick whether it's human or AI. It's harder than I expected, especially with current frontier models, but I think AI prose is still detectable.