AI is being used more and more by writers.

There are common signs that a piece of writing was written by AI.

Using AI to write prevents the "author" from developing their thinking and writing skills.

People shouldn't take ownership of content they did not write.

It’s happening more and more these days. I read an article that may or may not be interesting, but as I read it, something feels off, something is making me uncomfortable. Then, it hits me, I’ll bet AI wrote it.

Researchers have begun examining how people perceive AI-generated writing and how reliably they can distinguish it from human writing. The evidence suggests that people can sometimes detect differences in style and authenticity, but they are far from infallible. At the same time, studies show that current AI-detection tools also produce substantial false positives and false negatives. Taken together, the science suggests that neither our intuition nor automated detectors should be viewed as definitive.

How can I have reasonable suspicions when an article has been written by AI? Increasingly, I notice patterns that often suggest heavy AI involvement and produce what are for me some obvious “tells:”

Writing created by humans is inherently imperfect. Grammar and sentence structure are inconsistent and lack uniformity. But AI written content? The prose tends to be perfect, the writing flawless, unless AI is prompted to write in a more human way.

The rhythm and flow of the article feel robotic, often using the same phrases, transitions, and styles.

One-sentence paragraphs and repeated three-word sentences.

The overuse of em dashes. Rare is the human writer who uses........

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