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Agents Can Tell If You Used AI
Agents Can Tell If You Used AI (Before You Query) - this video gives details about the 6 tells of AI writing:
Tell #1 — Nonsensical metaphors
AI writing often uses metaphors that sound poetic but don’t actually make sense when you think about them.
👉 Example: describing silence as “a thunderstorm folded into velvet” — sounds deep, but is meaningless.
Tell #2 — Emotional flatlining
The writing has no variation in emotional tone.
👉 Calm scenes and intense scenes feel the same, with no natural ups and downs.
Tell #3 — Adjective & simile overload
There are too many descriptive words and comparisons, making the writing feel forced and overworked.
👉 Nearly every noun is embellished and too many actions are dressed up in comparisons.
Tell #4 — Obvious AI rhetorical patterns
The text repeats recognisable sentence structures that try to sound dramatic.
👉 Common pattern: “It was not X, it was Y” or “not this, not that…” or “she did not just feel it, she became it”
Tell #5 — Lack of setting & scene grounding
The writing is heavy on dialogue but lacks physical details and sensory description.
👉 You don’t know where characters are, what they’re doing, or how the scene feels.
Tell #6 — Overuse of the “rule of three”
Sentences frequently come in dramatic triplets, making the writing feel artificial.
👉 Example: “furious, frightened, undone” or “cold, cruel, calculating”
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Agents Can Tell If You Used AI
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