Why Should I Humanize My Essay?

Paul S.
7 min readMay 9, 2024

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At Editly, we are obsessed with how to change AI content to human content to unlock the full benefits of AI for our clients. Whether for business, school, or personal endeavors, AI can represent a valuable tool for saving time, conducting research, and unlocking creativity. However, it cannot replace the human elements that give such projects life. This is where Editly editors are happy to step in and guide you through a humanizing process that you can use to make any AI text into human text.

Steps to Humanize an AI Text

We offer a more comprehensive 5-step guide to humanizing any AI text, How to Change AI Text to Human Text in 5 Simple Steps. For this series, however, we have simplified it so that you can begin to learn how to humanize AI text in just 3 steps. To begin, let’s look at an AI text on the topic at hand: “Why should I humanize my essay?”.

AI Response to “Why Should I Humanize My Essay?”

Humanizing your essay transforms it from a mere collection of words into a compelling narrative that resonates with readers on a personal level. By infusing your writing with human elements such as anecdotes, personal experiences, or real-life examples, you create a connection that captivates your audience and keeps them engaged from start to finish. People are naturally drawn to stories, and by humanizing your essay, you tap into this innate storytelling instinct, making your message more memorable and impactful.

Furthermore, humanizing your essay adds depth and authenticity to your writing, enhancing its emotional resonance and making it more relatable. By sharing personal stories or incorporating the experiences of others, you provide context and perspective that help readers understand the broader implications of your topic. This not only enriches your essay but also fosters empathy and understanding among your audience, encouraging them to see the world from different viewpoints.

Moreover, humanizing your essay can help you establish credibility and authority as a writer. By sharing your own experiences or drawing from real-life examples, you demonstrate your expertise on the subject matter and earn the trust of your readers. This authenticity not only strengthens your argument but also enhances your connection with your audience, enabling you to convey your message with clarity and conviction. In essence, humanizing your essay is not just about making it more engaging; it’s about creating a meaningful connection with your readers and leaving a lasting impression with your writing.

Step 1: Find Repetition in the AI Content

Humanizing your essay transforms it from a mere collection of words into a compelling narrative that resonates with readers on a personal level. By infusing your writing with human elements such as anecdotes, personal experiences, or real-life examples, you are creating a connection that captivates your audience and keeps them engaged from start to finish. People are naturally drawn to stories, and by humanizing your essay, you tap into this innate storytelling instinct, making your message more memorable and impactful.

Furthermore, humanizing your essay adds depth and authenticity to your writing, enhancing its emotional resonance and making it more relatable. By sharing personal stories or incorporating the experiences of others, you provide context and perspective that help readers understand the broader implications of your topic. This not only enriches your essay but also fosters empathy and understanding among your audience, encouraging them to see the world from different viewpoints.

Moreover, humanizing your essay can help you establish credibility and authority as a writer. By sharing your own experiences or drawing from real-life examples, you are demonstrating your expertise on the subject matter and earn the trust of your readers. This authenticity not only strengthens your argument but also enhances your connection with your audience, enabling you to convey your message with clarity and conviction. In essence, humanizing your essay is not just about making it more engaging; it’s about creating a meaningful connection with your readers and leaving a lasting impression with your writing.

As you can see, the repetition of nouns, verbs, and adjectives fills the AI content. In fact, more than 23% of the total words in the AI text represent a form of repetition. This density of repetition is far more than even the most monotonous and verbose human text. But, before we can deal with this mountain of repetition, we need to complete the next step.

Step 2: Find the “To Be” Verbs in the AI Content

Humanizing your essay transforms it from a mere collection of words into a compelling narrative that resonates with readers on a personal level. By infusing your writing with human elements such as anecdotes, personal experiences, or real-life examples, you are creating a connection that captivates your audience and keeps them engaged from start to finish. People are naturally drawn to stories, and by humanizing your essay, you tap into this innate storytelling instinct, making your message more memorable and impactful.

Furthermore, humanizing your essay adds depth and authenticity to your writing, enhancing its emotional resonance and making it more relatable. By sharing personal stories or incorporating the experiences of others, you provide context and perspective that help readers understand the broader implications of your topic. This not only enriches your essay but also fosters empathy and understanding among your audience, encouraging them to see the world from different viewpoints.

Moreover, humanizing your essay can help you establish credibility and authority as a writer. By sharing your own experiences or drawing from real-life examples, you are demonstrating your expertise on the subject matter and earn the trust of your readers. This authenticity not only strengthens your argument but also enhances your connection with your audience, enabling you to convey your message with clarity and conviction. In essence, humanizing your essay is not just about making it more engaging; it’s about creating a meaningful connection with your readers and leaving a lasting impression with your writing.

Step 3: Eliminate Repetition and “To Be” Verbs in the AI Content

At this stage, we should be clear about what we are seeking to accomplish with repetition. First, if we identify a pair of repeated words, then we only need to eliminate one of them for the repetition to disappear. Furthermore, the urgency of elimination is correlated with proximity. That is, the closer the repeated words, the more they lessen readability and allow immediate recognition as AI-derived. However, the farther apart the repetition, the less likely it is to negatively influence the flow of the text. Finally, it should be noted that every text contains key words that need to be repeated because there simply is not another word or phrase that captures the correct main idea.

On the other hand, “to be” verbs should be approached with the idea that the fewer that appear in a text, the less repetitious and boring it will become. For the “to be” verbs carry many negative traits that AI has picked up from its training on bad writing. These include passive voice, repetition, and the use of many words instead of few. Therefore, you should aim to eliminate as many “to be” verbs as possible in the text.

By following Step 3 to its conclusion, we can now change AI to human text.

The Humanized AI Content

Humanizing your essay transforms it from a mere collection of words into a compelling narrative that impacts on a personal level. By infusing your writing with human elements such as anecdotes, individual experiences, or life examples, you create connections that captivate your audience. People are naturally drawn to stories and, by humanizing your essay, you tap into this innate storytelling instinct, to enliven your ideas and ensure their impact.

Furthermore, humanizing your essay adds to its depth and sincerity, bolstering its emotional resonance and relatability. By incorporating human stories, you provide context and perspective that help readers comprehend the broader implications of your topic. This not only enriches your essay but also fosters empathy and understanding, encouraging a view of the world from different perspectives.

In addition, humanizing your essay can establish your credibility and authority as a writer by allowing you to demonstrate your expertise on the subject matter. This authenticity not only strengthens your argument but also enhances your connection with your audience, enabling you to convey your message with clarity and conviction. In essence, humanizing your essay is about engagement and connection so that it can leave a lasting impression.

AI Text vs Humanized Text

We have bolded the remaining repetition in the humanized text, and you can immediately see the reduction of repetition. In fact, the approximately 23% repetition in the AI writing has been reduced down to approximately 13% repetition in the humanized writing. In other words, the repetition has decreased by more than 43 percent Moreover, the remaining repetition is concentrated in key ideas to the topic such as “humanizing,” “essay,” “readers,” and “writing.”

At the same time, we have eliminated every instance of “to be” verbs from the humanized text, thereby allowing us to fix the issues that accompany them — including repetition and verboseness.

The Takeaway

As shown by the expert humanizers at Editly, you can turn AI to human text far better than any text generator or automatic rewriter. And you can do so in just 3 steps. However, if you want a helping hand with experience and expertise, don’t hesitate to get started on Editly.

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