Writing columns, social media posts, Q&As, Op-eds, and more are essential strategies for positioning executives and companies as industry leaders. With the rise of AI-powered tools, such as ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok enhancing original content and producing better quality work has become significantly easier and faster. However, AI-enhanced content can often be flagged as AI generated by AI detectors. As a result, editors and publications using AI detectors may reject work that was human originated.
Here are 10 tips to ensure your human-generated, AI-enhanced content is less likely to be flagged by AI detection tools or penalized by Google:
1. Let the human do the editing
- Always have a human edit and refine/rewrite AI-generated drafts.
- Make sure the tone, style, and language is natural and conversational.
2. Infuse original insights
- Add unique insights, research, and/or opinions.
- Alternate AI-generated text with your own knowledge, data points, or real-world examples/anecdotes.
3. Not all sentences were created equal
- Avoid/edit out repetitive or overly uniform sentences that are so typical in AI-generated content.
- Mix short, medium, and longer sentences for a more natural flow.
4. If your audience is human, use human-friendly vocabulary
- Use words that you and other humans use everyday. Incorporate idiomatic expressions and keep a conversational tone.
- Prompt your AI platform to rewrite something that needs clarification using your own words.
- AI loves to overdo technical jargon or over-the-top formal phrasing so get rid of them.
5. Fact-checking is the name of the game
- Always fact-check AI-generated content. Be aware of AI hallucinations!
- Make sure the tone, facts, and context make sense for the human who will consume the content.
6. Don’t tell me. Show me
- Provide anecdotes, case studies, or scenarios to help paint a picture.
- Storytelling makes the content more human by adding authenticity.
7. SEO Best Practices
- Write for people first, not just for search engines. Make sure your content is easy to read, engaging, and genuinely helpful.
- Avoid overdoing keywords or using unusual phrasing. Keep in mind that readers and search engines can tell when content sounds artificial.
8. Listen to yourself
- Read the text aloud to hear the unnatural-sounding phrases or robotic language.
- Rewrite those sections with conversational words and phrases.
9. Use AI Tools Responsibly
- Think of AI as your writing collaborator, not as a substitute for your own writing.
- Edit and rephrase AI-enhanced content to preserve the personal or corporate brand and voice.
10. Trust but verify
- Before publishing, run your AI-enhanced content through tools like GPTZero or Grammarly to see if it gets flagged as AI generated.
- Depending on the outcome further humanize or edit the piece as needed.
Follow these simple steps, and you’ll keep your AI-enhanced content from triggering AI-detection tools or search engine flags. Top of Mind writers use these same tips every day, and it helps our clients get their thought leadership articles published smoothly in reputable outlets.
