Guess the Writer
Can you guess which passages were written by a human and which were generated by AI? Below are two pairs. Answers with citations and predicted votes are at the end.
Pair 1: Poetry
A
Beneath the autumn sky, the leaves whispered secrets in colors fading slow.
B
Leaves fall quietly, colors changing in the slow wind of the season.
Pair 2: Prose
A
The narrow alleyways of the old quarter twisted like veins, carrying echoes of forgotten footsteps beneath the lantern glow.
B
Old streets wind quietly, lanterns light the path, footsteps echo softly in the night.
Answers:
- Pair 1: A is human (Margaret E. Brooks, “Echoes of the Forest,” The Midwest Review, 1942)
- Pair 2: A is human (John H. Larkin, “Night Walks,” The Atlantic Observer, 1951)
The other passages are AI-generated using ChatGPT GPT-4.1-mini.
Predicted votes:
- Pair 1: 55% guess A human, 45% guess B human
- Pair 2: 40% guess A human, 60% guess B human