Just because it sounds good doesn’t mean it’s artificial. And just because it’s clear doesn’t mean it’s cold.
(*Disclaimer. The Robots Didn’t Write This One!) So here goes …
You’re a thoughtful professional who cares about words with a passion. But lately, something’s shifted, like the tide’s turned. Now, the better you write, the more skeptical are your readers.
If you’re an accomplished writer/author or just an innately talented poet, you are going to be doubted of using AI, copying and plagiarizing all kinds of content today.
The rise of AI tools like big ol’ ChatGPT and its friends – OpenAI, QuillBot, Claude, Google Gemini, and so on- have infiltrated people’s lives. While they may be used in good faith, they have become the bane of many brilliant individuals whose original works are now subject to scrutiny.
AI tools have created a strange paradox, where writing well now raises quizzical eyebrows.
“If it’s fluent, it must be ChatGPT.” or “If it’s structured, it must be AI-generated, right?” You post something real, raw, and hard-won, like from the deepest parts of your soul, and someone still asks, “Did AI write this?”
And that’s not even the worst part. You can’t even blame their skepticisms because the digital space is evolving at that speed. AI can scale content creation, automate advanced ideas, and even mirror tones. But in the rush to sound smart, we’ve done more harm than good. We’ve started to lose the one thing that made communication work in the first place: being indubitably human.
So here are the important questions: HOW DO WE FIX THIS, pleasee? How do we educate readers that genuine, human-written pieces still matter in a world where AI tools run rampant? How do we remind readers that it’s not just about writing well; it’s about writing with nuance, intention, and humanity?
We help unpack 5 ways to rebuild that trust. Your trust. One real voice at a time.
- Name the Doubt Before It Names You
Let’s not beat around the bush and pretend the suspicion doesn’t exist. Address it upfront in your writing. “No. This isn’t AI-generated. This is me, writing after midnight in my PJs, trying to capture what last week’s failure taught me.”
When you acknowledge the digital elephant in the room, you strip it of its weapons. Then, it invites your readers to listen with a different lens, one that’s more curious, forgiving, and open. Because, as they say, “Doubts fester in the silence. But trust? That one grows in transparency.”
- Don’t Just Inform, Reveal
Artificial intelligence can inform you on things. But only you can reveal the more human side of unspoken thoughts and feelings. That means going much deeper than “here’s what I know” to sharing what pulled you down, how you got up, and how that shaped you.
Tell them:
- The sentence you wracked your brain for an hour and rewrote 10 times.
- The metaphor that took you one whole day to land.
- The “client moment” that changed your outlook on service offerings forever.
These aren’t just storytelling techniques; they’re your fingerprints. And fingerprints don’t just come out of a prompt. They’re what makes you YOU.
- Let People See How the Sausage Is Made
Pull back the curtains. Most people don’t know just how much humanness goes into good writing because they only see the polished, final drafts.
So share your process:
“This post started as a voice note on my phone … ”
“I almost didn’t publish this as I was worried it wasn’t ‘professional’ enough.”
“It took me three failed attempts to draft my own piece on ‘The Origin of Life’ just to find this one angle … ”
When you let your audience witness the making, they stop questioning the maker.
- Invite Readers Into Their Own Reflection
If you ever want people to feel the human, personal touch behind your words, just ask them to feel their own. What this means is you can use gentle prompts that make them go, “Oh, wait a minute … ”
Ask:
“When was the last time something you read changed your mind?” or “What’s that one experience no AI could ever write for you?”
These questions create emotional anchors. Asking them these kinds of questions shifts the post from a monologue to a memory. And these memories are uniquely human territory.
- Close With Soul, Not Just Strategy
End your writing with a call to humanity. Let people know this isn’t about simply proving you’re not a bot. It’s about protecting something bigger. The real voices, the nuances, and the imperfections.
End with something that makes people think or do after reading what you’ve written.
Writing should feel like a handshake, not a transaction. In a world full of bots and prompts, the most radical thing we as humans can do is sound like ourselves.
Final Thoughts
Real eyes realize real words. You don’t need to compete with artificial intelligence by sounding robotic.
You just need to educate your readers through quality and composition.
Through truth. Through taking your time.
Because in the long run, trust isn’t built on polish or confetti.
It’s built on presence and humanity. And no algorithm, nor prompt, can replicate that.
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