SubmissionNumber#=%=#63 FinalPaperTitle#=%=#Kathlalu at SemEval-2024 Task 8: A Comparative Analysis of Binary Classification Methods for Distinguishing Between Human and Machine-generated Text ShortPaperTitle#=%=# NumberOfPages#=%=#4 CopyrightSigned#=%=#Lujia Cao, Ece Lara Kilic, Katharina Will JobTitle#==#student Organization#==#University of Tübingen Abstract#==#This paper investigates two methods for constructing a binary classifier to distinguish between human-generated and machine-generated text. The main emphasis is on a straightforward approach based on Zipf's law, which, despite its simplicity, achieves a moderate level of performance. Additionally, the paper briefly discusses experimentation with the utilization of unigram word counts. Author{1}{Firstname}#=%=#Lujia Author{1}{Lastname}#=%=#Cao Author{1}{Email}#=%=#lujia.cao@student.uni-tuebingen.de Author{1}{Affiliation}#=%=#University of Tübingen Author{2}{Firstname}#=%=#Ece Lara Author{2}{Lastname}#=%=#Kilic Author{2}{Email}#=%=#ece-lara.kilic@student.uni-tuebingen.de Author{2}{Affiliation}#=%=#University of Tübingen Author{3}{Firstname}#=%=#Katharina Author{3}{Lastname}#=%=#Will Author{3}{Email}#=%=#katharina.will@student.uni-tuebingen.de Author{3}{Affiliation}#=%=#University of Tübingen ========== èéáğö