The main problem with AI generated content!
The main problem that I find with artificial intelligence like ChatGPT or Gemini writing content is that it looks let us say, artificial? When a human writes, they tend to use long sentences that can go on for quite a while, sometimes without proper punctuation, it can actually be a reflection of how they speak. Then they can write a short sentence.
I was talking to Rob, the Robot about this earlier.
I asked him what the problem is with bots written content, and he said:
“After a while you begin to recognize the rhythm. They open with a broad statement, and then present three balanced viewpoints. They use transition phrases like “however,” “moreover,” and “ultimately. Then they finish with a neat summary that wraps everything up.”
That’s Rob in the photo at the beginning of the article, and that’s his self portrait. The picture is a sort of summation of what I am talking about. If you look at the pad you’ll see that the content he’s writing is upside down, and the pad itself is spiral bound, on both sides. But that’s not really his fault. He only “knows” the information that he has been fed, he doesn’t live in the real world.
AI’s favorite words are include words like things like delve, testament, tapestry and leverage, or phrases like “in today’s fast-paced world. So they’re not that hard to pick. While I can understand people wanting to use programs like these, what worries me is that content can be pasted in without checking facts and sources. We hear a lot about false news, but there’s an awful lot fake content out there as well.
Which brings me to programs like Grammarly!
I’ve always loved Grammarly, and programs like it, because they’re really handy when it comes to checking spelling errors. The latest version though is quite painful, and seems to want to get me to write like a bot, and-hyphenate-every second-word. That’s another AI trait, and it’s quite annoying.
So as a reformed grammar freak, I’d ask, no, plead with you: write like a human, we’ll all be better for it in the long run.