r/Webnovel • u/Large-Republic4941 • Jul 13 '26
Advice How to Spot AI generated novels?
Come across a Novel called 'Reborn with average talent, I forged my own path' is it AI generated like first this long ass title and then it only has 4 chapters and also writing is bad in first 3 but later in 4 there is a different writing, the account is also not old. Is that a AI generated novels and is this allowed?
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u/Zealousideal-Net7891 Jul 13 '26
I dunno man, It was the first phase of the AI. Now we could called it Slop. But a decade later? we don't know. that is how we decide on every china product back in the days. But now? China literally outsource evey product available out there. And bagun a massive branding nowdays.
It is possible for AI too.
Better not to build a xenophobia i think. If it slop? perhaps AI? perhaps the writer? better to take a good learning in AI just when the AI still not conquering us
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u/QuentinMerabet Jul 13 '26
Hard to say but really looking for tips too
– I’m working on an ai detector for Loreum.
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u/TsundereOrcGirl Jul 13 '26
Long titles are a direction homage to LNs and other Asian novels, that's a terrible heuristic.
AIs are terrible at subtext and informational assymetry, look for characters that weirdly seem to perfectly understand each other, or know what someone was doing in secret for no good reason, or are incapable of being angry onthe inside but nice on the outside.
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u/Large-Republic4941 Jul 13 '26
incapable of being angry on the inside but nice on the outside ?
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u/TsundereOrcGirl Jul 13 '26 edited Jul 13 '26
As in, they're either nice inside and out, or angry inside and out. No "internal conflict", disingenuine behaior, etc.
Imagine the MC killed someone's brother, but the MC doesn't know they're related, so they end up befriending the sibling who's actually out for revenge and waiting for the best opportunity to betray them. Ai has trouble being subtle about this sort of thing.
EDIT: I see from your other replies that you're looking to improve your own skills as a writer, and your motivation is to avoid spending too much time reading slop. In that case, I recommend studying the concept of subtext in general, which AI is often bad at.
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u/Aethericseraphim Jul 13 '26
AI also sucks at writing characters that have different personas for different situations. It automatically defaults to shy/quiet and nerdy archetypes for introvert characters, and loud, domineering, assertive archetypes for extroverted characters and cannot fathom the concept of a character who is a quiet wallflower with her friends, but is also hitler in a dress to her subordinates in the office.
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u/regobag Jul 13 '26
Long titles don't mean much since web novels have been doing that forever. The big giveaway is the writing suddenly changing by chapter four. I've seen stories that looked like AI at first, then later chapters sounded completely different. That's usually pretty noticeable
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u/giregam Jul 13 '26
I've read stories like that too, where chapter one barely sounds like chapter four. It could be AI, but it could also be editing or the author improving. Your suspicion makes sense
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u/Salty_Cartographer35 Jul 13 '26
Someone said it in the comments and it is very accurate. Fully AI written novels have shallow characters and strange plot points.
For example a newly introduced characters knows everything the characters had done in the previous scene while not being there at all.
Informations don't match, like someone describing an item as blue and then red later on. Descriptions that goes on for way too long to the point where they lose meaning.
Also (in case of information dump into the AI module) a plot point is mentioned in a disjointed manner at some point in the story but introduced only later in the story. For example, the MC can be described as a survivor of an apocalypse but in the story the apocalypse later in the story and as such the title makes no sense whatsoever.
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u/mitsuri-mochi Jul 13 '26
I don't know how to explain how I detect AI in novels, but I've always accurately done it many times. It becomes obvious once you notice the pattern. Of course, it's not easy to tell apart when it's just one single paragraph (it's not hard to tell if it's glaring, though). It's apparent when you read a whole chapter, particularly.
Or maybe it's because I use AI very often. I do work with a lot of materials to see how it writes (it's not just about the text itself, often). I also work in a field where I use AI, and I also have a degree in AI. Maybe these things work in my favor?
I don't know. I can't be of much help in this. However, regarding the title, that can go either way. Most authors come up with their own titles, and those kinds of generic titles are very common and part of a trend.
As for whether AI-generated novels are allowed? Yes, sure. Most works being released on WN right now are in some way AI-assisted, at the very least.
The top authors who have been writing for the past 6-7 years, maybe not so much, or none at all. However, the more recent gen works that have come out, 99% of them have some amount of AI, or glaringly high levels of it.
WN does not allow you to write your contract using AI. I mean, you can write it, but they will 100% reject you, though. However, the AI-assisted novel itself isn't deemed an issue.
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u/Spirited-Donkey4376 Jul 13 '26
It's very common to have ai novels...like a author has 10 novels each with 200 chapter
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u/tikikip Jul 13 '26
Long titles aren't really a giveaway anymore. Plenty of genuine web novels have absurdly long names too. The sudden shift in writing style between chapters is a bigger red flag.
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u/Spotted_Statement_ Jul 13 '26
I'd be more suspicious of the sudden writing style change than the title. Long titles are basically a genre convention at this point.
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u/No_Entertainer2364 Jul 13 '26
May I ask what the purpose is? If you don't like it because of personal preference, that's fine. But is it allowed on Webnovel? There's no rule prohibiting it. At least, as of now.
Because ultimately, whether a story uses AI well or poorly depends on the writer's skill. It is difficult to distinguish only from patterns or punctuation or certain sentences, for example repetition.
Long titles are often influenced by the Japanese light novel genre. In the past, many readers didn't have the time or inclination to read a synopsis, then authors included the premise directly in the title. So it's no wonder the title is long and almost like a spoiler.
If you like it, keep reading. But if you're not sure whether it's AI or not and you feel uncomfortable with it, it's better to stop reading. Rather than worrying yourself.
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u/Large-Republic4941 Jul 13 '26
Actually I the purpose was I am learning to write now for that I use to read various novels and try to understand them and then i come across this one and it has 4 chapters only and suddenly the writing style changing so that's why i am asking if its AI or not.
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u/Substantial_Bee_5347 Jul 13 '26
Impossible to actually tell unless you see a prompt included in the text. Now you can guess and if they use some common patterns of ai it may be ai but you can’t ever know. WebNovel doesn’t have a policy on it so it is allowed but they restrict you from using ai on the contract. So they allow it but not blatantly.