"Anyone else spotting more and more people sounding less like themselves and more like each other?"
I have a very old and dear friend who is also a teacher and very interested in AI text generation. She messaged me recently to ask if a section of a post of mine was artificially enhanced. It was not, but when she pointed out the section, and her reasons, I had to admit, there were two sentences that a) didn't sound authentically me and b) are actually huge indicators of generated text. Apparently, I have been reading so much generated text lately (without noticing), that one of their typical constructions had seeped into my own stylebook.
Obvs, now I know it, I will be hyper aware of it in my own writing, but also adding it to my critical reading quiverfull.
Super weird that you mention this as last night I had an exchange on LinkedIn after an uninvited message which was obviously written with AI. I have tools to check and commented on it. I then made a note for my next dispatch saying... "Every time you write with AI, you are teaching yourself how to write like a machine. Where’s the soul in that?" But you now have me thinking that the more I inadvertently read... The more I might adopt this homogenous phraseology as my own. We might all be doomed, whether we like it or not.
(there's a niche reference that will appeal to a very small demographic indeed!)
I saw a thread recently of someone defending their completely casual use of the em-dash as something they had always done. No, my friend, you have not! :D
Now the em-dash, (which I have to cut and paste as I'm sure it's longer than a simple '-') is something I saw more and more and really liked its use. I'm guessing that the AI writing I was forced to read taught me a little about grammar. I have always used three dots (incorrectly) and really really want to use it. I've had a play but have let it be. I'm hoping my grammatically incorrect style of writing is at least readable and will eventually be thought of as 'my style'.
Your daughter’s drawing skills are fab. I also need to teach myself procreate and stalled on opening the iPad in a while. Great to know there’s an alt to the Apple Pencil too.
"Anyone else spotting more and more people sounding less like themselves and more like each other?"
I have a very old and dear friend who is also a teacher and very interested in AI text generation. She messaged me recently to ask if a section of a post of mine was artificially enhanced. It was not, but when she pointed out the section, and her reasons, I had to admit, there were two sentences that a) didn't sound authentically me and b) are actually huge indicators of generated text. Apparently, I have been reading so much generated text lately (without noticing), that one of their typical constructions had seeped into my own stylebook.
Obvs, now I know it, I will be hyper aware of it in my own writing, but also adding it to my critical reading quiverfull.
Super weird that you mention this as last night I had an exchange on LinkedIn after an uninvited message which was obviously written with AI. I have tools to check and commented on it. I then made a note for my next dispatch saying... "Every time you write with AI, you are teaching yourself how to write like a machine. Where’s the soul in that?" But you now have me thinking that the more I inadvertently read... The more I might adopt this homogenous phraseology as my own. We might all be doomed, whether we like it or not.
Be pure, be vigilant, behave!
(there's a niche reference that will appeal to a very small demographic indeed!)
I saw a thread recently of someone defending their completely casual use of the em-dash as something they had always done. No, my friend, you have not! :D
Now the em-dash, (which I have to cut and paste as I'm sure it's longer than a simple '-') is something I saw more and more and really liked its use. I'm guessing that the AI writing I was forced to read taught me a little about grammar. I have always used three dots (incorrectly) and really really want to use it. I've had a play but have let it be. I'm hoping my grammatically incorrect style of writing is at least readable and will eventually be thought of as 'my style'.
Your daughter’s drawing skills are fab. I also need to teach myself procreate and stalled on opening the iPad in a while. Great to know there’s an alt to the Apple Pencil too.
Thanks, I'll pass on your compliment. :-) And yes I was quite surprised for the money.