After years of rewriting AI essays, it has become easy to notice when an essay is written by AI. Certain words, phrases, and punctuation styles just “feel” like AI writing, and AI also tends to have a certain “voice,” which is very dry and formal, and lacks any sense of personal style.
Here is an AI-generated essay (a Personal Statement for a graduate school application). In the essay, I highlighted all of the words or phrases that seem like AI:
Some of the highlighted words above may be fine, but with several of these words and phrases in one essay, it begins to “sound” and “feel” like AI.
Because it is the overall feel of the essay of the essay that feels like AI, and not simply certain words, the only way to fix this problem is to rewrite the essay. In doing so, I can use simpler language, more natural sentences, and a more appropriate “feel,” all while keeping the same basic content.
Here is a comparison of the original document and a rewritten version (written by me):
As you can see, the essays on the left and right are very similar in their content. But the essay on the left feels like it was written by a robot, while the essay on the write feels much more like it was written by a human.
This is especially useful for non-native English speakers, as it is important to use expressions that are simpler and more realistic. It can even be useful to include some minor errors, as this will immediately make it look like it was written by an actual human writer.
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