Feature Post under The Bird on Fire’s Technology theme

By 8th-Grade Blogger Sarah Alnabelsi

Have you scrolled online and been met with a post that makes you wonder if it’s real or fake? Artificial Intelligence app platforms like Chat GPT and Sora AI have made AI creations seem very human made, which is something that has been causing much skepticism in social media. Now, more than ever, social media has become a major source of information. However, since Artificial Intelligence’s growth, it has become very difficult to determine if the information you are getting is true or not. To challenge AI’s realistic style of writing, I wrote a poem, and then I asked Chat GPT to write a poem on the same topic to show the differences and to see how difficult it is to tell which is real or fake. Here is what happened.

My poem:

A Bright Night

Whistles of the winds,
In the darkness of the night, 
The moon lies silent.
The stars radiate blue,
In its bright white hues,
Like snow or doves, or even 
Clouds or shrouds.
Closer up, dark spots lie bare.
Some big, some small,
Scattered them all.
Stars pulse, moving closer,
Hundreds and thousands, 
Intricately placed, 
Like a holy book
perfectly made.
The orb moves astray, 
as the light turns away.
Then, the night loses its light,
No longer is it bright.

Sarah Alnabelsi

Next,  I told Chat GPT, “Write a poem about the moon,” and this is what it did:

The Moon’s Observation 🌙

The moon drifts across the silent sky,
Its light touches trees as it passes by.
It watches quietly every night,
Each scene unfolding in gentle light.

It sees humans walking, sitting, asleep,
Observing moments, memories to keep.
Night after night, it follows the same way,
A steady presence until the day.

The world moves on, yet it remains,
A quiet witness to joys and pains.
It glows above, neither loud nor bright,
Always present, always in sight.

Having read this without knowing which is real or AI, I think you could still figure out which is which by simply analyzing them. Surfer Blog brings up several points that you should look at to help determine if something is artificially made (Surferseo.com). I will go over some main points that are evident in the AI-generated poem to make it easier for you to find patterns of AI-made literature.

First of all, let’s look at the format and tone of the poem–

Each line is almost the same length, and each stanza has exactly four lines. The tone is also very bare and doesn’t have much expression to it; whereas, my poem at least includes some comparison and imagery in it: “Intricately placed, like a holy book, perfectly made.” AI’s poem lacks an analogy, and instead brings up things that are obviously known and not original.

Another clue in the AI-generated poem is its absence of personal experience. In the beginning, it flows normally, then randomly it says, “Each scene unfolding in gentle light.” Having read the parts of the poem before it, I feel like it’s very out of the blue. Also, I’ve never really heard a human say, “Each scene unfolding…” or anything along these lines. I think AI was trying to have humor or relate to humans, but failed. 

AI has changed the way of many things, especially making information untrustworthy. Whether you are reading a poem, or reading an informative post, I hope these tips can help you not fall for deceitful information online.

Source Referenced:

https://surferseo.com/blog/detect-ai-content