Sad — Some Writers Are Falsely Accused of Using AI
It’s so sad we forget that AI machines learned their language and expressions from humans and are trained from human database.
So every word, phrase, and vocabulary currently being used by AI machines are being used by some humans in their day-to-day conversation today.
Unfortunately, if humans write and it happens to resemble the writing style that AI has been trained with, their contents are immediately flagged as AI.
Please check this screenshot below
I can relate to this because a friend was about to close a lucrative $5,000 copywriting contract but was told to pitch to the CEO why he was the ideal candidate for the job.
To everyone’s surprise, the CEO flagged his pitch as AI-generated because he felt the pitch was too good for a human. This is a writer who has been copywriting before Chatgpt.
Another day, I came across a post on X (formerly Twitter) where a company sought a writer to onboard for a project. However, they dismissed one of their applicant because the writer used 'delve' in their pitch.
To them, delve is an AI word and no human should use it in their vocabulary.
But they forgot that the word 'delve' has been part of the human lexicon for centuries.
Gradually, authors are letting biases and fear of AI get in their way with some talented writers.
I do not deny that some writers use AI tools, but if we focus only on writing style and vocabulary to identify AI-generated content we will implicate good writers.
This metric has failed to account for the complexity of human language and the diversity of human expressions.
It doesn’t end there, in the efforts to combat AI-generated content, many people have taken another misguided approach by using AI tools to detect AI contents.
Is it not an error to use Computer to detect Computer?
In my opinion, only humans can truly discern what is AI-generated and what is not.
Since we believe that using AI is negative, we shouldn’t stop it with another negative tool.
Instead, we should use the power of human intuition and depth of wisdom to identify and address this problem.
Check another victim of the AI detector tool
This guy must have been flagged because of some use of words. I used to love the word “foster” a lot but I stopped using it because Chatgpt uses it a lot and I can be flagged easily.
Some times ago, I was reading a book published in 2010, and I saw the phrase “It is important to” and I almost shouted, 'This was written with ChatGPT.'
This is because we have been programmed to think that humans copy AI, and not the other way around.
So How Do You Detect AI text
I will write a full article on that later, but here is a quick giveaway.
AI-generated content would usually fall flat due to its lack of emotional resonance and personal touch. It’s so generic you can’t connect with the writer.
When you read AI content, it is a soulless collection of words that fails to engage both the writer and readers on any meaningful level. You cannot perceive the humanity in it.
So if you write “How To Raise a Child” using AI, you will get a generic listicle answer, and the author would sound distance.
This is the true giveaway of AI-generated content, not the vocabulary used or how error-free it is.
