How can AI tools be used to enhance writing without losing the human touch?

Hey everyone, as an AI user here are some tips I use daily. 

- Use AI-suggested ideas as a starting point, then apply personal knowledge, experiences, and creativity to develop a unique perspective. Adding personal anecdotes and emotional context can ensure the content remains relatable and personal.

- Use AI-generated outlines to kickstart your process, then adjust and personalize the structure to match your style and flow. Experiment with unique formats and unexpected structures that feel more human and less formulaic.

- Accept grammar fixes that improve clarity but make stylistic choices about language, tone, and phrasing. Sometimes, intentional “errors” like sentence fragments or colloquial expressions add character to writing and can keep it from sounding overly polished.

- Read AI summaries and add back any nuances, humor, or details that reinforce the emotional or personal context. Maintain a conversational style where appropriate, as overly concise summaries can feel cold or detached.

- Take AI’s suggestions as a springboard but tailor them to your sensibilities and experiences. For example, if AI suggests a metaphor, try adjusting it to make it more personal or relevant to your audience.

- Use AI edits selectively, keeping phrases that feel authentic, even if they’re less than perfect. Trust your voice and maintain quirks or idiosyncrasies that make your style unique.

I hope this helps you to get a more human experience to all the AI users out there. 

Best. 

Try not to use AI to write everything. Use AI for outlines like getting titles, headings, and subheadings. you can also ask for bullet points for each subheading. Then expand on these bullet points by yourself and write the content in full sentences and paragraphs. this way your content will not sound like Ai and will still have the human touch. 

This is a question that's getting a lot of traction and for good reason. Over the last two years, I have become so adept at spotting AI that I can tell if someone has used Chat GPT within the first 3 sentences. 

Embark. Journey. Fast-paced. Tapestry. Realms. Crucial. 

Just 6 of the 550 words I have in a little Excel sheet as 'no-go' words in my own writing because of how often they come up in AI content. 

But I digress.

For these very obvious reasons, AI should be used as a brainstorming tool. You can definitely use it to create content (I'll refrain from using the word "write"), but it needs to be very heavily edited by someone who can spot the faux pas and add rhythm to the writing. 

Reading human writing is like thinking. It comes easily and -- I'll dare to say -- naturally. Reading AI content is like reading a dictionary. It is monotonous and dry. To cut what could potentially turn into a very long story short, AI is fine for assistance if you know what to look for and how to loosen up the heavy wording. It is not a writer. 

AI tools can enhance writing like any other tool in a writer’s arsenal. Think of it like a very complex ideas' flashcard assistant. Of course, tools must be learned and used carefully. 

• AI can provide ruthless criticism, helping refine your work by pointing out flaws you might overlook. 
• It can also be a sounding board for writing problems, similar to Google's "rubber duck debugging" method, where you're encouraged to explain your issue before seeking external help. 
• Additionally, internet-connected tools like Perplexity or Claude can help you by generating research about a specific topic or bullet points you can explain and expand on your own. 
• You can check the tone of your writing, especially if you work with marketing/educational texts.
• It's also a good idea to summarize your own text with AI to check how it will look on Google search page, or when people skim the paragraphs.
• If you can use it locally on your own device, having another pair of eyes to find missing commas is a great one, but keep in mind it can make mistakes.

You should use it to brainstorm a general scheme/scaffolding or tasks around the writing process, rather than to build intricate details of the plot or dialogue. 

I like using AI to help break writer's block or to get suggestions for overall frameworks and process flows. The information platforms like ChatGPT can provide is great but also quite generic. The formats are also very predictable. It is helpful for getting ideas but you, the human, should fully build out the concept before including it in any official plans. 

AI platforms like ChatGPT should be used more as brainstorming tools than writing tools. It can help you find idioms, synonyms, and the like. But it can never replace the human voice when writing.

AI tools can be sometimes effective for correcting basic grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors. However, they frequently lack the ability to grasp subtleties such as dialect-specific vocabulary or to manage complex sentence structures, including elided verbs. While AI is capable of handling these basic tasks, it does not have the sophistication to truly enhance the quality of writing. Writing is an intricate craft that cannot be refined through a one-size-fits-all approach. After reviewing numerous AI-generated documents across various topics, it is clear that current AI technology is not adept at adapting to the diverse styles, tones, and distinct characteristics that make each piece of writing unique. Consequently, AI tends to edit all types of text in a similar fashion, which leads to monotonous and repetitive outcomes. To maintain the creativity and distinctiveness of writing, it is crucial to retain the human touch in the editing process.

AI tools CANNOT be used to enhance writing without losing the human touch. The only exceptions I have found are when I have to change a paragraph tense (past tense to present tense for example), or editing content written by someone who doesn't include proper quotations, periods, etc. AI can help, but you have to tell it not to edit for anything else! 

At the same time, be sure the client is okay with using open-sourced AI for ANYTHING because the content you enter can be used IN ANY WAY THEY WISH! 

Seriously, AI is not good for writers, writing, or anything writing-related, except maybe to brainstorm ideas for something.