Writers use AI because they don't understand they can control how readers respond to their writing.

Research on priming reveals that titles and subheadings strongly influence readers' understandings of content.

Studies demonstrate that primary and recency effects determine how readers recall content.

In clinical studies, transitions and sequences that tie sentences together improve reading speeds.

Last week, Nature reported that 90% of published biomedicine papers used some form of AI assistance. And that statistic covers manuscripts that editors thought worthy of publication, not the scores of AI-generated rejects editors discarded.

Unfortunately, if you own a computer, smartphone, or any digital device, you’re all too familiar with AI slop. Generic content, clickbait headlines, and weirdly wordy content that turns some social media posts into miniature versions of War and Peace—minus content you actually want to read.

Sure, writing is onerous and time-consuming, compared to typing three sentences into Claude and pasting the result.

However, many writers turn to AI because they fear writing. For virtually all writers, despite years of........

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