Rewriting AI Generated Copy as a Human

I made a video and written version of this...

This is an example of me taking what AI wrote, and rewriting it as a human. Please keep in mind the lesson to take away from this is NOT that humans write longer.

Sometimes my rewrite is much shorter, especially if that AI writing has over explained itself.

One of the ways in which to get AI to write more humanlike is to show it a lot of examples of your writing style, but it needs to contrast it against how it would have written it.

It learns from the contrast.

So building up a library of AI baselines and your own human rewrites is very important and helpful for this.

Please note this is NOT the only thing that helps AI to write better, it is a 'part' of it, but there are a lot more factors that can shape AI writing to be a LOT better and more engaging than you may have thought possible before (even for fiction writing).

So here it is, this is the baseline, followed by my 'human written' version...

AI baseline:

In today’s fast-paced world, it can often feel as though there simply aren’t enough hours in the day. Between work commitments, family responsibilities, and the constant pressure to stay connected, finding time for yourself may seem impossible. However, by making a few small but meaningful changes to your daily routine, you can regain control of your time, reduce stress, and create a more balanced life.

My Human rewrite:

I remember what it felt like when there were just NEVER ENOUGH HOURS in a day to get everything done.

I was productive, hard working, I would upskill myself all the time, planned out my work well, and had some solid systems in place. I delegated, I created tools for myself to automate certain processes...

And there STILL wasn't enough time to balance work, family, coaching my sons sports teams, having time to catch up with friends, time to keep fit, even finding time to wind down at night before bed was very difficult.

So the thing that took a back seat unfortunately was my sleep.

And my only solution that really wasn't a solution at all, was to be on this ADHD medication that allowed me to be productive, despite being tired.

So if any of that is relatable to you, I've been there, I know what it's like.

And what you should be really excited about right now is that there IS a way out. I found it, and all you have to do is make some small but CRITICAL habit changes.

I warn you, changing habits seems easy for a few days, but keeping them for 90 days is the hard part. After 90 days if you STILL maintain these habits, you will be forever changed.

But think of it like a smoker trying to give up cigarettes. After 21 days they finally got through that 'hard' part, and they think they can just have one cigarette with friends and they'll be ok. Then bam, they are back smoking full time again.

That's the same with this, you need to get to 90 days, even though it should feel 'easy' after about 3 weeks.

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So my 'human version' rewrite is doing something different to the AI's writing.

I'm not just starting off by listing standard information about the problem, and a quick lead in to time management habits.

I'm making it feel like this is different. And I'm saying to the reader that "I know where you are right now, I've stood in that exact spot, and here's why you should keep reading."

I didn't write about my whole backstory, my history as an internet marketer, my wife, my travels, my hobbies... I didn't bring in unrelated personal details, that's important to note here.

I only chose to use parts of my story that might match the reader's (or viewer's) experience. It's really about them. I didn't have to do that in the form of a story, it could have been done differently, I could have hooked them in by some exciting new discovery too (that would be another way to make the information coming up sound new/novel and helpful).

But the point is, I actually CARE about the reader, and it comes through in the writing and so the reader may feel an emotional attachment and want to keep reading. Curious enough that if I really understand their problem, then wow, I may actually have a solution they want to pay attention to.

I think about this the same way I think about coaching. If I'm coaching someone at squash and if I know that two weeks of footwork drills will save them six months of struggle on the court... Then I'm going to do EVERYTHING I can to get them through those two weeks.

Most people just want to play games with a ball and have fun, and get better through match play. And while some drills are fun, some of them can be boring. But the ones who buy into doing what needs to be done, day in, day out, get there a lot faster than those who can't bring themselves to step outside of their comfort zone.

The ones who skip it spend the next six months wondering why they're getting overtaken by people who were below them not so long ago.

The same thing happens with habits. Get someone to 90 days of a new behavior, and the next 90 days are dramatically easier. The first 90 is where most people fall off. So when I'm writing about habit change, I'm not just listing tips. I'm emotionally invested in whether the reader actually follows through, and that comes through in how I wrote that.

AI has none of that. It has no stake in whether you change your life or not.

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So that was a long-winded explanation of why my human written version was different to the ai version.

Other times it's just a few words that need to change, or a sentence needs removing. The key is that doing a bunch of these, and explaining to the ai WHY you made those changes, does help the AI to write a lot better.

And the other critical part is also to teach the ai how to plan and how to edit its own writing. So that the SHAPE of it, is more engaging, and less 'synthetic' feeling.

I'll post more on this if people are interested, but either way I'm covering a live session on this here on 'The Unfair Advantage' Session:

https://digiprofits.com/

Kind regards,

Mark Ling (CoFounder of Atomic Gains)

P.S. Jack won't be on that particular session but will be on some of these live sessions in future.

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Rewriting AI Generated Copy as a Human