How to Make AI Sound More Human

AI writing tends to contain certain words and sentence structures that contribute to a stiff, robotic sound, which might cause readers to disengage. You can humanize AI content by rephrasing it with a more fluent, conversational tone, leading to a better connection with your audience. 

Read on to understand how to make AI writing sound more human, and try our AI Humanizer tool to help you humanize AI content quickly and easily. 

Characteristics of AI-generated content

Generative AI can produce clear and coherent sentences and paragraphs about a range of topics. However, it has some characteristics that differentiate it from human writing and lead to a robotic feel. 

Language and tone

AI language tends to be more predictable than natural human language and is characterized by the following features:

• Formulaic and predictable sentences

• Repetition of words and redundancy of ideas

• Low variance in sentence structure and length  

• Excessive use of jargon or technical terms

• Stiff, formal tone
  

You may have seen lists of common AI words and phrases, like “intricate,” “leverage,” and “crucial role.” These words appear far more frequently in AI-generated text than in human-produced content and can make writing seem less human. 

Content

AI output is inherently limited by its training set and does not typically include: 

• Personal anecdotes

• Quotations

• Statistics from polls or surveys

• Very new information

The lack of these types of evidence can be one sign that content was AI generated rather than written by a human. 

How to make AI writing more human

By addressing the common characteristics of AI writing, you can humanize AI text and make it sound more natural. 

Adapt the language and tone 

Small changes to vocabulary and sentence structure can make a big difference in the feel of your content. You can humanize AI output by:

• Replacing common AI words with synonyms

• Varying the length and structure of sentences

• Replacing a more formal tone with conversational language, including personal pronouns (e.g., “you,” “I”), calls to action, and rhetorical questions

• Removing any jargon or overly technical terms

An AI humanizer tool can make many of these changes automatically, saving you time and effort. 

Example of how to make AI text more human:

Check and edit AI output

All generative AI output is based on training data, which may contain errors and inconsistencies. So, it is important to fact-check any content before you publish it. Confirm any statistics, and add any more recent or relevant data. 

Also, check for any unusual word choices, and make sure the language is simple and direct. Edit the text so that it matches your (or your organization’s) unique voice. 

Add human experience

Anecdotes and personal stories help you connect with your audience, and AI cannot provide those. Add in relevant personal or professional experience to humanize your content. Additionally, supplement AI-generated content with quotations from experts or users of your product or service. 

Use an AI humanizer tool

AI humanizer tools can replace words, vary sentence structure, and improve flow with transitions to make AI writing sound more natural and human. 

They automatically do much of the work required to take texts from stiff and robotic to expressive and conversational.