Don't like something? Must be AI

Lately I’ve noticed a new trend: people see AI everywhere. Well-written text (with em dashes, of course)? Definitely AI. An animation or art style that isn’t the usual one? AI. New movie out? Let’s find the AI in it…

You’ve probably seen the posts like “how to tell if a text was written by AI,” or the videos of a teacher running an AI detector on student work. (For the record: none of that works)

Being skeptical about what you see online is a useful skill. But AI-hunting is turning into hysteria and a convenient tool for manipulation. Don’t like something? Must be AI.

And there’s no way to answer a comment like that, because AI can fake almost any proof you might offer — from drafts of the text to animation storyboards. So it becomes an easy, unanswerable way to undermine trust.

I understand why people react this way. Part of the blame is on creators (myself included) who use AI in their work and don’t always say so. And on the big companies laying people off and trying to replace them with AI.

But if you’re walking around the internet with a magnifying glass looking for AI, ask yourself: are you really doing it to “know the truth”? Or are you just on a witch hunt for the social approval?