AI slop is a real and present danger. As a writer and editor, I don't see myself using AI detection tools at every turn of the syllable. Instead, I am trying to train my eye to spot AI-generated content. It's still easy to spot deepfakes, but the written word is getting tougher to nail down. Wikipedia offers some help. Its volunteer editors, the army who obsessively fight for knowledge, have quietly built the most evidence-based AI guide on the internet. Wikipedia's Signs of AI Writing page isn't an app or a checklist. It's just a simple page, meant primarily for Wikipedia's own articles written in wikitext. But even outside the encyclopedia, it might help you eyeball the next piece of AI writing you come across. This AI App Will Help You Prove You Didn’t Use AI to Write Your Paper This app will help prove that you didn't cheat. Wikipedia built a handy AI detection field guide No app needed — just pattern recognition Wikipedia's Signs of AI Writing page started as an internal resource for volunteer editors. Since 2023, a group called WikiProject AI Cleanup has been reviewing new submissions for undisclosed AI-generated content. After combing through thousands of flagged articles, they cataloged the patterns they kept seeing in Wikipedia drafts and edits. The result is what Wikipedia says, that it's what the editors have observed, and it's more "signs" than "rules." The page is worth a bookmark and a deep read. Instead of depending on AI writing detectors, it will help you spot-check writing behaviors. Those are the telltale giveaways of AI writing. As we all know, LLMs are just machines, and they are built on statistical probability, not on real storytelling skills. When I first came across the page, I expected a basic checklist. What I found