Peter
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I'm in this weird ethical gray area right now. I'm not trying to get an AI to write my whole paper (been there, got the 0% grade to prove it). But I'm using it more as a "sounding board" for ideas and to help me rephrase stuff when I get stuck.
The problem? Everything these AIs write sounds so... stiff. You know what I mean? It's like they swallowed a thesaurus and then tried to write like a robot from the 1800s.
I've been switching between ChatGPT (the free one) and Claude. Claude feels a bit more natural to me, but maybe that's just me imagining things. For example, I asked both to rephrase a simple sentence like: "The experiment was important because it showed that people are easily influenced by others."
So, my question to the brain trust here is: Which AI tool (free or paid) do you think writes the most "human" sounding text? I'm specifically talking about the style and tone, not just the facts.
I need something that sounds like me, just maybe a smarter version of me who actually did the reading. I'm willing to pay a little bit if it means my discussion posts don't sound like they were written by a HAL 9000 prototype.
Also, bonus question: Does feeding it my old writing samples actually help it copy my voice, or is that just a gimmick?
Curious to hear your thoughts.
The problem? Everything these AIs write sounds so... stiff. You know what I mean? It's like they swallowed a thesaurus and then tried to write like a robot from the 1800s.
I've been switching between ChatGPT (the free one) and Claude. Claude feels a bit more natural to me, but maybe that's just me imagining things. For example, I asked both to rephrase a simple sentence like: "The experiment was important because it showed that people are easily influenced by others."
- ChatGPT gave me: "The experiment's significance lies in its elucidation of the susceptibility of individuals to external influence."
(Who talks like that?) - Claude gave me: "This experiment mattered because it revealed just how easily social pressure can shape our choices."
(Okay, that's better.)
So, my question to the brain trust here is: Which AI tool (free or paid) do you think writes the most "human" sounding text? I'm specifically talking about the style and tone, not just the facts.
I need something that sounds like me, just maybe a smarter version of me who actually did the reading. I'm willing to pay a little bit if it means my discussion posts don't sound like they were written by a HAL 9000 prototype.
Also, bonus question: Does feeding it my old writing samples actually help it copy my voice, or is that just a gimmick?
Curious to hear your thoughts.