authorfog

/ˈɔːθəˌfɒɡ/nounVerified New

The prevailing uncertainty about whether a given text, image, or voice was made by a person or a machine.

Provenance used to be legible, and now the default is fog; readers either develop private tests or stop asking. The fog is spread evenly over human work, which pays the same tariff.

Etym. — author + fog — authorship as a property no longer visible through the weather.

Rel. — chatscent

Novelty check: NEW · checked 2026-11-08

review evidence: wordstoreview/review-batch-3-10-media.md

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Method: Editorial batch review — per-word exact-form web search (WebSearch/Tavily) per docs/REVIEW-criteria.md §2