FeaturedCraft · 3 min read
The nine tells that make AI text obvious
Nine categories of habit that give a draft away, and what each one costs to fix. Six of them are removals. Here is the whole published taxonomy, with examples.
GenPolish · Read
Resources
Notes on editing machine text
What machine-written drafts have in common, why the usual advice about it is wrong, and what actually changes a draft. Every claim carries its source.
From the piece
In today's fast-paced world, it is important to note that a stock opener is the cheapest tell to remove.
A stock opener carries no information about the subject. Cutting it costs nothing.More in this series
four of the seven pieces in this series are published in full. The rest are listed here without a link.
Research · 6 min read
What an AI detector score actually measures
Why we publish a register score instead of a probability of machine authorship.
Guides · 5 min read
Not published yetA house style is a list of phrases you never use
How to build an always-cut list, and why it beats another tone guide.
Product · 6 min read
Not published yetEditing beats prompting: a workflow for content teams
Where the draft comes from matters less than who reviews the diff.
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