Seeing people use AI to post to DU is weird

[Sympthsical]

11. I use AI, and you get a quick ear for it

I've been back in school for a career change in recent years, and AI is everywhere. I've used to it for organizational purposes or even just a really quick check on things, but only when it's something I'll know is correct when I see it. If I blatantly don't know something, I do other searches.

If you're familiar with how it organizes information, you get used to it right away. One dead giveaway is repetitive information. Using lists or bullet points. Repetition of topic sentences (where it's kind of repeating the prompt back at you). In more informal areas (like DU posting), most people will use informal text and make various typos and grammatical errors or use prose styles more reflective of how people talk rather than how they write. AI comes off as overly contrived, formal, and will rarely make spelling mistakes or typos.

It'll look artificially polished in a way that sticks out, because it gets kind of "uncanny valley" to you if you're a regular reader. The sentences may be constructed correctly, but it sounds off. Like an alien who has learned English but doesn't understand human nuance.