I would never accuse anyone of using AI

I know, I know, we're all tired of everyone writing about AI. It's all the same things, same opinions, over and over again. But I still felt compelled to write this because I saw some people — a lot of people, honestly — confidently say how they can identify AI-generated text or images, and teaching you the "tells." Which I hate. The two categories, text and images, are different but still basically similar, but I have stronger feelings towards text because telling AI text affects non-native English speakers and non-neurotypical people way more. I shall always defend the SANCTITY of my precious and beloved and can never do no wrong em dashes and semicolons, but there's a really good article I saw once: I'm Kenyan. I Don't Write Like ChatGPT. ChatGPT Writes Like Me. Most of the points I want to make are made in the article already. People think they can tell, from signs like em dashes, rule of threes, or whatnot, but actually doing so only ever hurts real people. Which I guess is the…