“This Is AI” Isn’t a Diagnosis — It’s Anxiety | Attribution Anxiety Explained

Описание: If you spend any time online, you’ve seen it.

Buried under a video, an article, or a voiceover is that familiar comment:
“This is AI.”

It sounds like a technical judgment.
But what if it isn’t one at all?

In this video, we break down a new digital ethnographic analysis that treats these comments not as fact claims—but as psychological signals. Using real comments pulled “from the wild,” we examine why people accuse content of being AI-generated even when they have no evidence, no analysis, and no verification.

What you’ll learn:

Why “AI detection” is often vibe-based, not technical

The difference between anxiety-driven and irritation-driven AI accusations

How polished voices and fluent writing destabilize human judgment

Why calling something “AI” can function as identity repair

What this reveals about human perception in the age of synthetic media

The core idea is simple but unsettling:

The problem isn’t that the system is artificial.
It’s that the observer can no longer be sure.

This isn’t a video about fear of machines.
It’s about what happens when our old instincts for spotting authenticity stop working—and how we psychologically compensate when they fail.

If you’ve ever felt that uneasy “something’s off” sensation online…
this one’s for you.

Slade, T. (2026). Attribution Anxiety in the Age of Synthetic Media: Digital Ethnographic Specimens of Lay AI Detection [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18276054