How AI content detectors work

Is the third bot the charm?

At the start of 2025, I experienced a first in my 16+ year career as a writer. I was told that the blog I had submitted was revealed by an AI detector to be 36% AI.

Imagine my surprise, as I became a writer to write actual content, not to become a prompt engineer. The idea that I’d turn over my job to a bot (who, it just so happens, I’m afraid is coming …