These ChatGPT Words Get On My Nerves.

Minimize using these words, plus how to make your AI-aided content sound less AI.

ArtisKev Ngo
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Image generated by MidJourney. Prompt: a classroom, robots sitting on the chairs

When ChatGPT was first released, I was super excited like everyone. Being able to receive responses after a query was a game changer for me, who browsed a lot for research or simply out of curiosity.

It was truly a better Google, answering my questions right on the spot instead of giving me a bunch of links to click on.

The language model was initially made available to the public through a free trial. Coupled with its potential for a wide range of applications, it blew up across the internet, reaching 100 million users in just two months.

My classmates started to use it for research. The poetry club in high school I joined for only two weeks used it to generate poems. Even my English teacher approved it for research and brainstorming for all sorts of essays.

Then, there came the problem it had with writing. Students began to copy and paste the whole AI-generated texts into their papers. At most, they would do some tweaks here and there, which were enough to bypass AI detectors.

Of course, such problems are not recent, but my experience with them is, not in school but here across the Internet. As much as I tried to…

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ArtisKev Ngo
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Immigrant | Undergrad | SAD Survivor. Entering my 20s with no friends while trying to make sense of this foreign land, I find my voice and comfort in writing.