Aug. 26 - TechSpot, a technology media outlet, published a blog post yesterday (Aug. 25) reporting thatWikipediaAlways emphasizing the accuracy and manual reliability of content, uploading is expressly prohibited. AI Generated Articles.
The platform's editors have even compiled a list of "Signs of AI Writing" to help identify potential AI products, which cover multiple dimensions such as tone, structure, formatting, and citation.
In terms of tone, the AI article often overstates the importance of the subject matter, repeatedly using words such as "important" and "historic" in an overly dramatic manner.
1AI cites the blog post that describes AI's tendency to summarize succinctly or make direct observations at the end of a paragraph, written more like a high school essay than an encyclopedia entry.The choice of conjunctions is also relatively homogeneous, with formal words such as "in addition", "moreover" and "furthermore" often used, leading to a rigid sense of language.
In terms of formatting, AI-generated content often makes extensive use of lists, but with odd symbols or numbering, and headings that, in contrast to the simplicity of human editors, may be "captioned" with the first letter of each word capitalized.
And another common problem is the overuse of bolded fonts, used to emphasize phrases, which is not a habit of seasoned editors. Sometimes there are also anomalies such as misuse of dashes, incorrectly formatted quotation marks, and even emoticons interspersed in headlines.
The citation problem is even more serious: AI may generate fictitious hyperlinks, ISBN or DOI numbers, point to non-existent resources, or cite "experts" who never appear in the text.
Wikipedia argues that while a single sign, does not completely prove AI writing, it raises editorial red flags when multiple features are present in a concentrated manner. Wikipedia believes that although AI imitates a large number of human texts, the immediacy and diversity of real writing is still difficult to fully replicate.