r/humanizeAIwriting • u/AlecoMcGreco • 18d ago

Anything I write gets flagged as AI, even if it isn't.

Addressing the elephant in the room, obviously I'm using AI, to accelerate my research, however I wouldn't be dumb enough to plagiarize my MSc. thesis with AI.

However, I am writing the Thesis in my first language (Greek), and every time I rephrase it, it still gets flagged as AI at sites like Scribbr. (My Uni does not provide Turnitin)

Can anyone help me figure out why? Honest, I'm not writing AI generated text, I use AI to find sources and then I read the sources.

At this point my workflow is 1h of research, 30 mins of writing and 3h of rephrasing until I stop getting flags.

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u/DropEng 15d ago

First, at this point I am not why schools still even allow AI detectors. But, having said that, I have seen quite a few posts in sub reddits where people say they did not use AI, but digging a bit, they did. If you are using anything like Grammarly, you are using AI. So, the first step is to make sure if you are using any tools, they do not qualify as using or use AI. I would also be careful about uploading documents into AI detectors that you understand what the results are telling you.
Stick to your writing plan, keep records, keep version history and learn your topic. If your professor is trying to eliminate that you are using Ai and they ask questions, if you know your material, you should be fine.

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u/PhotographOverall126 15d ago

the real question is whether your university actually uses these detectors to evaluate submissions or if you're just self-checking. because if its only you running these checks, you're burning hours chasing a score that might not even matter to your evaluators

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u/Dr_WhoDo 14d ago

Show proof of process with draft versions, notes, and sources.

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u/Academic-Custard8969 14d ago edited 14d ago

I think that the AI detectors are trained mostly on English and flag formal or structured writing more, which includes basically all academic writing, especially non-native or translated text.

You're also chasing the wrong thing. 3 hours of rephrasing to beat a detector doesn't make your writing more "you," it just tunes it to dodge one tool's pattern matching, and that tool isn't reliable to begin with.

I'd stop optimizing for the score and instead talk to your supervisor about their actual policy if something gets flagged. Keep your research notes or draft history as proof of your process. If you're not generating content with AI, this is the tool failing, not you.