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Beka Makharoblishvili

What's the worst AI-generated blog post you've ever seen?

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I'm launching Branchpost on Wednesday. It's a tool that opens AI blog drafts as pull requests instead of "click generate, get slop". Building it I had to read a LOT of AI-written blog posts to understand what makes them obviously fake.

The worst patterns I've seen:

  • "In today's fast-paced digital landscape..."

  • 14 headings, every section says the same thing

  • The phrase "unlock the power of" appearing 4 times in 1000 words

  • Fake statistics with no source

  • A bulleted list that's just the headings rewritten

What's the slop pattern that makes you close the tab immediately?

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Anna Jarrett
Unequivocally, the overload of em dashes. Which is unfortunate because those in literary arts often use them for their written works. I often see them having to defend the works legitimacy.
Beka Makharoblishvili

@anna_jarrett this is real. I had to remove em dashes from my own writing because every reader now reads them as AI. a punctuation mark got ruined for everyone.

Anna Jarrett
@beka_makharoblishvili how frustrating ya know. A true tragedy in the world of writing.