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How Not to Sound Like AI

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Written by Iris
Updated over 2 weeks ago

False Positive Content

AI content detection tools use the dataset of existing content to predict the most likely words and phrases used for the related topic. The more predictable the piece of text is, the more likely it is AI writing. At least, that’s how the program scores the text. Therefore, your text can be detected as a false positive.


If you haven’t used any AI tools, but your text shows a high percentage of AI, we recommend you do the following:

  • If it is higher than 20%, review the highlighted sentences, consider why the detector highlighted them, and edit the necessary sentences.

  • If it is lower than 20%, explain to the customer that some sentences are underlined as false positives.


AI Red Flags

In order to edit the text falsely marked as generated by AI easily, you need to know the red flags of artificial intelligence, i.e., those features characteristic of Chat GPT and other similar programs. The main red flags relate to the paper's most important components, namely structure, content, grammar, and style, so we will consider them in that order.

Structure

  • Uneven length of paragraphs.

  • Absence of topic and concluding sentences.

  • A thesis statement is not restated in the conclusion.

Content

  • Poor Thesis Statement.

  • Confusing Content.

Grammar

  • Broken sentence structure.

  • Overused can+verb and lead to.

Style

  • Repetitive transitional words such as Additionally, In addition, Moreover, Furthermore, On the other hand, etc.

  • Repetitive phrases like it is essential/crucial/critical/central/vital etc.

  • Frequent repetitions.

    List of Words and Phrases Often Used by AI

It’s important to note

Bustling

Take a dive into

Delve into

In summary or In conclusion

Navigating i.e. "Navigating the landscape" "Navigating the complexities of"

Tapestry

Remember that

Landscape, i.e., "The landscape of...."

Testament, i.e., "a testament to..."

In the world of

Realm

Embark

Unveil

Unleash

Do This When Your Text Is Detected as AI

  • Rephrase sentence structure and format.

  • Use synonyms and similar words.

  • Use active voice.

  • Avoid jargon and complex terms (as long as they meet the requirements).

  • Share personal perspectives

Although AI is useful in many cases, it often harms academic writers more. Thus, avoid using AI and always check your texts on several checkers to prevent misunderstandings with clients, revisions, and cancellations.

TOP AI Checkers We Use and Recommend

Checkers + links

Advantages

Disadvantages

A Reliable One

  • This service offers one of the best plagiarism detection tools.

  • Their AI content detector is also strong

  • This free version offers several checks per day.

Shows the percentage probability for AI only for highlighted areas, but not for the text in general.

Turnitin

It's a basic checker for us, although it's not perfect

  • The results offered by Turnitin in AI detection should be taken first of all when treating the case.

  • It shows the percentage of AI content

  • The AI-generated parts are highlighted

It's a base, although it's not perfect

An Ok Tool

Highlights the suspicious content in yellow

Do not show a percentage of AI content.

Has a limitation on free check - 5000 characters.

The design of the results and the algorithm of detection is similar to GPT-2 Output Detector.

Registration is needed.

Does not highlight the suspicious parts.

a reliable fee-based tool

  • Offers a high accuracy of results;

  • The number of false-positive results is minimal.

The number of credits is limited.

It shows a human score, not an AI probability, which may be confusing.

BrandWell (former ContentatScale)

a reliable fee-based tool

  • This tool offers reliable results and highlights parts of text with suspicious content;

  • Despite being fee-based, there are no limits on the number of characters.

It does not show percentage results, but Reads like AI, Hard to Tell, etc.

  • The free version of the tool allows you to check 1000 words;

  • It detects well texts which are either 100% AI-generated or 100% human.

The free version of the tool allows you to check 1000 words.

It detects well texts which are either 100% AI-generated or 100% human.

  • Free version allows to check high volumes of text;

  • Checker offers a high accuracy of results

The free version allows to check high volumes of text.

Checker offers a high accuracy of results.

  • It enjoys high popularity among US students;

  • Not only can English texts be detected, but also French and Spanish;

  • Results offered by the checker are pretty accurate.

The free version allows only 1200 words for check.

  • It highlights the suspicious parts and shows a percentage of AI-generated content;

  • The results are mostly accurate.

Some limitations on free checks exist, but they're not critical—15,000 symbols may be checked for free.

Tricky checker with high probability of false-positive results, but many professors rely on this checker, so its results should be considered as well.

Presentation

More detailed information and examples you will find in this presentation.

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