There have been some interesting articles on words used in AI writing. As I read those lists I was thinking about how this could impact me as a student or writer generally knowing that these have been called out for making me sound like an AI (I certainly don’t feel like an AI).
Two recent articles1 talk about word choice and the tells of AI generated text. The studies, which might fall into the general category of research into writing analytics, dive into peer reviews of articles and student essays to chart the frequency of words in transitions, adjective choice, and overall composition. Both summaries are worth a read.
As an example, in the case of peer reviews, they “used the word “meticulous” almost 3,400 percent more than reviews had the previous year.” That journal article itself is meticulous (ha) creating a list of 200 adjectives and adverbs used most frequently by AI.
However, (apparently also on the list along with “moreover” and “overall”) the inclusion of these words doesn’t mean you’re AI, just that you might sound like one.
Is your head spinning yet? AI designed to write like humans forcing human writers to try to avoid sounding like AI by filtering their word selection.
Words called out in both articles:
however moreover overall commendable innovative meticulous intricate notable versatile noteworthy invaluable pivotal potent fresh ingenious cogent ongoing tangible profound methodical laudable lucid appreciable fascinating adaptable admirable refreshing proficient intriguing thoughtful credible exceptional digestible prevalent interpretative remarkable seamless economical proactive interdisciplinary sustainable optimizable comprehensive vital pragmatic comprehensible unique fuller authentic foundational distinctive pertinent valuable invasive speedy inherent considerable holistic insightful operational substantial compelling technological beneficial excellent keen cultural unauthorized strategic expansive prospective vivid consequential manageable unprecedented inclusive asymmetrical cohesive replicable quicker defensive wider imaginative traditional competent contentious widespread environmental instrumental substantive creative academic sizeable extant demonstrable prudent practicable signatory continental unnoticed automotive minimalistic intelligent meticulously reportedly lucidly innovatively aptly methodically excellently compellingly impressively undoubtedly scholarly strategically intriguingly competently intelligently hitherto thoughtfully profoundly undeniably admirably creatively logically markedly thereby contextually distinctly judiciously cleverly invariably successfully chiefly refreshingly constructively inadvertently effectively intellectually rightly convincingly comprehensively seamlessly predominantly coherently evidently notably professionally subtly synergistically productively purportedly remarkably traditionally starkly promptly richly nonetheless elegantly smartly solidly inadequately effortlessly forth firmly autonomously duly critically immensely beautifully maliciously finely succinctly further robustly decidedly conclusively diversely exceptionally concurrently appreciably methodologically universally thoroughly soundly particularly elaborately uniquely neatly definitively substantively usefully adversely primarily principally discriminatively efficiently scientifically alike herein additionally subsequently potentially
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