AI Detective: How I Spotted Clues of AI Writing in a Comedy Article That’s Killing It With Readers

A popular story everyone adored is almost certainly AI-generated.

One of the things about being an AI whisperer is developing a sense for spotting AI generated content. Some of this stems from a background in teaching critical reading at college, and studying textual forensic analysis, but much of it is just plain old exposure to vast oceans of AI generated text.

I’m not alone on this; there are research studies saying human experts sometimes outperform AI detectors in identifying AI-generated content.

Spotting AI Writing Patterns: An Acquired Skill

There’s an early batch of AI whisperers and prompt engineers who were already exploring AI before the wave of ChatGPT (I count my friend and fellow “Jaspernaut”, Amanda Weston and copywriter extraordinaire Sean Volsler — author of 7 Figure Marketing Copy — among the early pioneers).

The history books should rightly reflect how much influence Amanda had on early applications of AI in copywriting, given how formative she was to Conversion.ai, Jarvis and Jasper. If you think AI text started on November 30, 2022, you were late to the game. Sure, ChatGPT was a watershed moment, but some of us knew the internet was already awash in AI-generated prose. We’re old sea-dogs, and can spot AI leagues away.