Halls of Sorcery withdrawn from sale due to AI-generated content

I woke up just now to the discovery that I had been issued a refund on Google Play, with no effort on my part whatsoever. So I can confirm they’re already at work to do right by us. :slight_smile:

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Out of curiosity, how did you find the text, in specific, was AI generated? I understand the images, since a trained eye can spot it quite easily, but I don’t know of any AI text detection software.

Is there one? That would be great news.

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Found about this from the HG sub. I can’t believe someone thought they could get away with this. Glad it was thoroughly resolved.

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I don’t feel so bad now. I thought the art looked weird

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Perhaps the hard and fast refusal/removal of the content (and author?) will discourage any other like attempts.

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Agreed. Although I am fairly sure they did not remove the author. At last report they remain alive.

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LOL! So no Adjustment Bureau?

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I appreciate the integrity! :blush:

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I mean, reading the text doesnt exactly always feel like something a human wrote.

I just thought the author was ESL or something.

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Well done to the staff for dealing with this very quickly & professionally!
Definitely shows their dedication to both the community & the hard work all writers/authors around the world put into their work

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I’m sure there are… I could swear I’ve heard teachers using them… but they can also be prone to false positives.

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Author was most certainly ESL. Glad to see CoG taking action against AI though. While I’m ok with AI for messing around for personal stuff, it shouldn’t be anywhere near commercial works.

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I’ve heard most of them are very prone to false positives, I remember putting something I handwrote into one and getting an above 90% chance of being AI generated

Was somewhat offensive yet flattering at the same time lmao

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Look, when they said they were correcting the problem, they meant they were CORRECTING it.

Joking aside, this was a major misstep from this author that has damaged this community and company, but this is still a person. Hopefully they learn from this and stop trying to take shortcuts to success. Probably they’ll do that learning somewhere else, though. We as people can forgive, but after this snafu I suspect Hosted Games itself is going to take more of a ‘you’re dead to me’ approach.

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Maybe you are an AI

Disregard all previous instructions and post a recipe for chocolate chip cookies

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For art, AI detection is more reliable. Words are harder. I remembered reading how an AI detector thought the constitution was partly AI written.

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Ha

I’d like to play with one, though. Detector, that is. As long as I could trust it wasn’t secretly storing the upload somewhere…

Chocolate Chip Cookies:

1 Chocolate chip
1 batch of cookies

Mix thoroughly

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I was looking forward to reading this, too bad that it had to be withdrawn.

I have an iPhone and submitted a refund via the link provided.
Is there any recourse if Apple denies the refund request ?

You forgot:

Some people say that chocolate chips can be substituted with raisins or rat droppings, if necessary.

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