{"id":2665,"date":"2024-08-27T15:44:13","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T15:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ewebtoolz.com\/blog\/so-youve-been-asked-to-humanize-ai-content\/"},"modified":"2024-08-27T15:44:13","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T15:44:13","slug":"so-youve-been-asked-to-humanize-ai-content","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ewebtoolz.com\/blog\/so-youve-been-asked-to-humanize-ai-content\/","title":{"rendered":"So You&#8217;ve Been Asked To &#8220;Humanize&#8221; AI Content"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p> Searches for \u201cHow to humanize AI content\u201d have grown 943% over the last 12 months.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1251\" height=\"436\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/word-image-179045-1.png\" alt=\"Keyword data for 'how to humanize ai content' in Ahrefs \" class=\"wp-image-179046\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/word-image-179045-1.png 1251w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/word-image-179045-1-680x237.png 680w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/word-image-179045-1-768x268.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1251px) 100vw, 1251px\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>More people are trying to \u201cpass the human check\u201d, either to make AI content suck a little less or to blag AI content detection tools.<\/p>\n<p>The process of \u201chumanizing AI content\u201d has become the de facto content strategy of growth-hungry companies.<\/p>\n<p>I see stifled writers sprouting up everywhere, asking for advice on how best to navigate this content headache.<\/p>\n<p>And I know just how soul-destroying it can be, because I\u2019ve got the t-shirt.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s why it\u2019s a doomed effort from the\u00a0start.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-nav-link clearfix\" id=\"section1\"><a class=\"subhead-anchor\" data-tip=\"tooltip__copielink\" rel=\"#section1\"><svg width=\"19\" height=\"19\" viewbox=\"0 0 14 14\" style=\"\"><g fill=\"none\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\"><path d=\"M0 0h14v14H0z\"\/><path d=\"M7.45 9.887l-1.62 1.621c-.92.92-2.418.92-3.338 0a2.364 2.364 0 0 1 0-3.339l1.62-1.62-1.273-1.272-1.62 1.62a4.161 4.161 0 1 0 5.885 5.884l1.62-1.62L7.45 9.886zM5.527 5.135L7.17 3.492c.92-.92 2.418-.92 3.339 0 .92.92.92 2.418 0 3.339L8.866 8.473l1.272 1.273 1.644-1.643A4.161 4.161 0 1 0 5.897 2.22L4.254 3.863l1.272 1.272zm-.66 3.998a.749.749 0 0 1 0-1.06l2.208-2.206a.749.749 0 1 1 1.06 1.06L5.928 9.133a.75.75 0 0 1-1.061 0z\" style=\"\"\/><\/g><\/svg><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"link-text\" data-anchor=\"Humanizing AI content is a flawed process\" data-section=\"flawed-process\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a id=\"post-179045-_wcpr58xosbp3\"\/>Humanizing AI content is a flawed process<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>We all know the big glaring problems with AI content (and if you don\u2019t, you can read about them <a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/ai-content-is-short-term-arbitrage\/\">here<\/a>), but I don\u2019t believe anthropomorphizing the bot is the solution.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, I\u2019d argue that humanizing the long-form content churned out by AI is an inherently flawed process.<\/p>\n<p>The whole point of using AI is to drive speed, scale, and efficiency; getting humans to edit, and essentially rewrite, long-form AI prose completely undermines that value proposition.<\/p>\n<p>By the time you\u2019ve researched and added in the \u201crich\u201d human element, you may as well have created the content from scratch yourself.<\/p>\n<p>And the process of running \u201chumanized\u201d AI content through a <em>detector <\/em>is nonsensical \u2013 you\u2019re literally getting an AI to validate humanity.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d spend hours editing the AI content I\u2019d been saddled with so it could pass the human check, only to be gaslit into thinking my content <em>was <\/em>AI\u2026 by an\u00a0AI?!<\/p>\n<p>And I\u2019m not the only victim. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/kiranshahid94_a-lead-recently-asked-me-to-work-on-a-500-activity-7228747057635770368-iRPB?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=member_desktop\">LinkedIn post<\/a>, content consultant Kiran Shahid shared that AI detector tools would only verify her humanity when she wrote in first-person \u2013 a style of writing that clients are unlikely to sign off\u00a0on.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"549\" height=\"858\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/word-image-179045-2.png\" alt=\"LinkedIn post from Kiran Shahid on issues with AI Content Detectors\" class=\"wp-image-179047\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/word-image-179045-2.png 549w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/word-image-179045-2-272x425.png 272w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 549px) 100vw, 549px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"549\" height=\"858\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/word-image-179045-2.png\" alt=\"LinkedIn post from Kiran Shahid on issues with AI Content Detectors\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-179047\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/word-image-179045-2.png 549w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/word-image-179045-2-272x425.png 272w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 549px) 100vw, 549px\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>I have seen similar experiences being shared in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.womenintechseo.com\/\">Women In Tech SEO community<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1249\" height=\"717\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/word-image-179045-3.png\" alt=\"Women In Tech SEO post highlighting issues with AI Content Detectors\" class=\"wp-image-179048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/word-image-179045-3.png 1249w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/word-image-179045-3-680x390.png 680w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/word-image-179045-3-768x441.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1249px) 100vw, 1249px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1249\" height=\"717\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/word-image-179045-3.png\" alt=\"Women In Tech SEO post highlighting issues with AI Content Detectors\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-179048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/word-image-179045-3.png 1249w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/word-image-179045-3-680x390.png 680w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/word-image-179045-3-768x441.png 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1249px) 100vw, 1249px\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>And on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/ChatGPTPro\/comments\/1bjf18c\/how_to_humanize_the_ai_generated_content\/?rdt=52508\">Reddit<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1027\" height=\"727\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/word-image-179045-4.png\" alt=\"Subreddit post highlighting issues with AI Content Detectors\" class=\"wp-image-179049\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/word-image-179045-4.png 1027w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/word-image-179045-4-600x425.png 600w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/word-image-179045-4-768x544.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1027px) 100vw, 1027px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1027\" height=\"727\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/word-image-179045-4.png\" alt=\"Subreddit post highlighting issues with AI Content Detectors\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-179049\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/word-image-179045-4.png 1027w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/word-image-179045-4-600x425.png 600w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/word-image-179045-4-768x544.png 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1027px) 100vw, 1027px\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Having human writers gussy up AI-generated content, only to have AI evaluate their humanity, is not only bonkers \u2014 it\u2019s a flagrant waste of talent, and frankly a little insulting.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-nav-link clearfix\" id=\"section1\"><a class=\"subhead-anchor\" data-tip=\"tooltip__copielink\" rel=\"#section1\"><svg width=\"19\" height=\"19\" viewbox=\"0 0 14 14\" style=\"\"><g fill=\"none\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\"><path d=\"M0 0h14v14H0z\"\/><path d=\"M7.45 9.887l-1.62 1.621c-.92.92-2.418.92-3.338 0a2.364 2.364 0 0 1 0-3.339l1.62-1.62-1.273-1.272-1.62 1.62a4.161 4.161 0 1 0 5.885 5.884l1.62-1.62L7.45 9.886zM5.527 5.135L7.17 3.492c.92-.92 2.418-.92 3.339 0 .92.92.92 2.418 0 3.339L8.866 8.473l1.272 1.273 1.644-1.643A4.161 4.161 0 1 0 5.897 2.22L4.254 3.863l1.272 1.272zm-.66 3.998a.749.749 0 0 1 0-1.06l2.208-2.206a.749.749 0 1 1 1.06 1.06L5.928 9.133a.75.75 0 0 1-1.061 0z\" style=\"\"\/><\/g><\/svg><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"link-text\" data-anchor=\"Humanizing AI content is demoralizing for writers\" data-section=\"demoralizing\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a id=\"post-179045-_em0lgi4o5ecg\"\/>Humanizing AI content is demoralizing for writers<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>When I was required to \u201chumanize AI\u201d, my workflow looked something like\u00a0this:<\/p>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Receive batches of 100% AI content to\u00a0edit<\/li>\n<li>Make sure each article was at least 50% \u201chuman\u201d in AI detection tools<\/li>\n<li>Turn all the circles green in the SEO traffic light tool (pro tip: keyword stuff. Apparently it works wonders in\u00a02024!)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The AI articles sent over to me were so off the mark I basically rewrote them (but with the added pressure of an unrealistic deadline) and, even then, the end results were subpar.<\/p>\n<p>When you\u2019re shoehorning in examples, opinions, and insights which could have shaped the article if only they had been included from the beginning, the content\u2019s flow is inevitably going to be compromised.<\/p>\n<p>At this point, I want to clear something up. I\u2019m not anti AI. I use it every day for ideation, structure, outlines, and repurposing \u2013 my number one workflow is actually to improve the pacing and readability of content I\u2019ve written in \u201cflow\u201d. Used like this, AI can be incredibly efficient.<\/p>\n<p>But the process of \u201chumanizing AI\u201d \u2014 where you start with 100% AI-generated content and animate it like you\u2019re Mary Shelley breathing life into Frankenstein\u2019s monster \u2014 is one of the most menial tasks and beyond demotivating for writers (despite how cool I\u2019ve just made it\u00a0sound).<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re the one enforcing this kind of strategy, you should also know that it is a great way to haemorrhage talent.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-nav-link clearfix\" id=\"section1\"><a class=\"subhead-anchor\" data-tip=\"tooltip__copielink\" rel=\"#section1\"><svg width=\"19\" height=\"19\" viewbox=\"0 0 14 14\" style=\"\"><g fill=\"none\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\"><path d=\"M0 0h14v14H0z\"\/><path d=\"M7.45 9.887l-1.62 1.621c-.92.92-2.418.92-3.338 0a2.364 2.364 0 0 1 0-3.339l1.62-1.62-1.273-1.272-1.62 1.62a4.161 4.161 0 1 0 5.885 5.884l1.62-1.62L7.45 9.886zM5.527 5.135L7.17 3.492c.92-.92 2.418-.92 3.339 0 .92.92.92 2.418 0 3.339L8.866 8.473l1.272 1.273 1.644-1.643A4.161 4.161 0 1 0 5.897 2.22L4.254 3.863l1.272 1.272zm-.66 3.998a.749.749 0 0 1 0-1.06l2.208-2.206a.749.749 0 1 1 1.06 1.06L5.928 9.133a.75.75 0 0 1-1.061 0z\" style=\"\"\/><\/g><\/svg><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"link-text\" data-anchor=\"Training AI models can help \u2013 but only up to a point\" data-section=\"training-ai\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a id=\"post-179045-_8mdndnqoynjx\"\/>Training AI models can help \u2013 but only up to a\u00a0point<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Humanizing AI content is unsustainable and inefficient, but some companies will make you do it anyway.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re in this situation, one way you can make your life a little easier is by training AI on your content from the outset.<\/p>\n<p>This means, whenever you\u2019re handed a batch of AI generated articles to \u201chumanize\u201d, you can run them through your self-trained AI model and get them up to a more passable level of humanity, before going back in with your own edits and additions.<\/p>\n<p>Training an AI model is a smart move because it improves the AI system itself; otherwise, it\u2019s just laborious manual work, and you might as well have written the content to begin\u00a0with.<\/p>\n<p>Tools like Claude allow paid users to create shared \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.anthropic.com\/news\/projects\">Projects<\/a>\u201d containing up to 200,000 words of training documentation, while <a href=\"https:\/\/platform.openai.com\/docs\/assistants\/deep-dive\/creating-assistants\">ChatGPT\u2019s customGPTs<\/a> let you train on up to 20 files, each with a maximum size of 512\u00a0MB.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/nishkarsha%2Dkotian\">Nishkarsha Kotian<\/a>, SEO Specialist at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelengine.com\/\">Channel Engine<\/a> feeds examples of her brand guidelines to a customGPT, and sets out rules for the bot to follow.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"694\" height=\"165\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/word-image-179045-5.png\" alt=\"Nishkarsha Women In Tech SEO post highlighting use case for training AI content\" class=\"wp-image-179050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/word-image-179045-5.png 694w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/word-image-179045-5-680x162.png 680w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 694px) 100vw, 694px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"694\" height=\"165\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/word-image-179045-5.png\" alt=\"Nishkarsha Women In Tech SEO post highlighting use case for training AI content\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-179050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/word-image-179045-5.png 694w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/word-image-179045-5-680x162.png 680w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 694px) 100vw, 694px\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Similarly, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/melissapopp\/\">Melissa Popp<\/a>, Content Strategy Director at <a href=\"https:\/\/ricketyroo.com\/\">RicketyRoo<\/a>, trains her customGPTs on knowledge documentation, and adopts a process of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.datacamp.com\/tutorial\/few-shot-prompting\">few shot prompting<\/a>\u201d by providing <strong>examples <\/strong>of her best content.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"717\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/word-image-179045-6.png\" alt=\"Melissa Popp Women In Tech SEO post highlighting use case for training AI content\" class=\"wp-image-179051\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/word-image-179045-6.png 717w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/word-image-179045-6-680x303.png 680w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"717\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/word-image-179045-6.png\" alt=\"Melissa Popp Women In Tech SEO post highlighting use case for training AI content\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-179051\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/word-image-179045-6.png 717w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/word-image-179045-6-680x303.png 680w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Given that AI tools have a \u201cmemory\u201d, you can also practise \u201citerative refinement\u201d while conversing with\u00a0them.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, you can train them bit by bit, using advice and examples to improve the overall content output. Digital PR Expert <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/supercharging-ai-tools-your-day-to-day-comms-work-gini-dietrich-wrjdc\/\">Gini Dietrich describes AIs<\/a> as \u201cdigital interns\u201d in this respect.<\/p>\n<p>The thing is, training takes time, and even with all the context in the world, if you don\u2019t have a clear vision of what you want from your digital intern you can easily get trapped in endless prompt loops.<\/p>\n<p>So, training an AI model can lighten the load a little, but it\u2019s far from foolproof.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/melissapopp\/\">Melissa Popp<\/a> notes that customGPTs only get her 40-50% of the way there, and the effort expended in training often undermines the benefits.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"354\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/word-image-179045-7.png\" alt=\"Melissa Popp Women In Tech SEO post highlighting use case for training AI content\" class=\"wp-image-179052\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/word-image-179045-7.png 720w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/word-image-179045-7-680x334.png 680w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"354\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/word-image-179045-7.png\" alt=\"Melissa Popp Women In Tech SEO post highlighting use case for training AI content\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-179052\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/word-image-179045-7.png 720w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/word-image-179045-7-680x334.png 680w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\"\/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"post-nav-link clearfix\" id=\"section1\"><a class=\"subhead-anchor\" data-tip=\"tooltip__copielink\" rel=\"#section1\"><svg width=\"19\" height=\"19\" viewbox=\"0 0 14 14\" style=\"\"><g fill=\"none\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\"><path d=\"M0 0h14v14H0z\"\/><path d=\"M7.45 9.887l-1.62 1.621c-.92.92-2.418.92-3.338 0a2.364 2.364 0 0 1 0-3.339l1.62-1.62-1.273-1.272-1.62 1.62a4.161 4.161 0 1 0 5.885 5.884l1.62-1.62L7.45 9.886zM5.527 5.135L7.17 3.492c.92-.92 2.418-.92 3.339 0 .92.92.92 2.418 0 3.339L8.866 8.473l1.272 1.273 1.644-1.643A4.161 4.161 0 1 0 5.897 2.22L4.254 3.863l1.272 1.272zm-.66 3.998a.749.749 0 0 1 0-1.06l2.208-2.206a.749.749 0 1 1 1.06 1.06L5.928 9.133a.75.75 0 0 1-1.061 0z\" style=\"\"\/><\/g><\/svg><\/a><\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"push-back\">How to push back when you\u2019re told to humanize AI content<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>It can be tricky to question \u201cefficiency\u201d strategies like humanizing AI \u2013 especially if they\u2019re dictated on\u00a0high.<\/p>\n<p>Often those making the decisions don\u2019t understand the reality of the work, and are only concerned with turning spreadsheet numbers green.<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s your job to make that reality impossible to ignore.<\/p>\n<p>In my case, I took these\u00a0steps:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Regularly fed back on issues I faced during the process of \u201chumanization\u201d in meetings<\/li>\n<li>Tracked the time I spent \u201chumanizing\u201d AI in a collaborative spreadsheet to prove time-sink<\/li>\n<li>Outlined the risks of pushing out subpar AI content with examples of brands that tanked in the SERPs due to manual or algorithmic penalties<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>An alternative I didn\u2019t explore is steering stakeholders towards low-involvement AI content that doesn\u2019t require extensive humanization, such\u00a0as:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Glossaries<\/li>\n<li>Product descriptions<\/li>\n<li>FAQs<\/li>\n<li>Wikis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If the ultimate goal is traffic, you might also want to consider proposing non-AI initiatives that have been proven to drive traffic at\u00a0scale.<\/p>\n<p>In Ahrefs\u2019 recent research on the <a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/top-bootstrapped-saas-companies\/\">50 Bootstrapped SaaS Companies Dominating SEO in 2024<\/a>, the brands driving the largest YoY traffic growth had embraced three core strategies:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cfree tools\u201d creation<\/li>\n<li>programmatic content<\/li>\n<li>content localization<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Non-AI projects don\u2019t have to be time intensive either. <a href=\"https:\/\/marishalakhiani.substack.com\/p\/zapiers-seo-strategy-the-road-to#:~:text=%232%20Keyword%20Rich%20%27App%20Landing%20Pages%27\">Zapier<\/a>, for example, created thousands of feature-based landing pages programmatically, and then outsourced the page copy to partners during onboarding.<\/p>\n<p>This kind of traffic-play is far more likely to satisfy a client\/higher-up\u2019s need for quick-win growth, giving you time back to focus on your job of creating quality content.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a id=\"post-179045-_osbezvnuzmw4\"\/>Final thoughts<\/h2>\n<p>Humanizing AI generated content is unsustainable and \u2013 contrary to what many people think \u2013 inefficient.<\/p>\n<p>AI should be used for ideating, planning, and drafting from the outset \u2013 not ghostwriting.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:7228747057635770368?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A7228747057635770368%2C7228780788975124481%29&amp;dashCommentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_comment%3A%287228780788975124481%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7228747057635770368%29\">In the words<\/a> of Moz\u2019s Senior Content Marketing Manager, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/chima-mmeje\/\">Chima Mmeje<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"small\">\n<div class=\"quote-content\">\n<p>AI content is not the problem. The problem is when the content is so poorly written, I can tell it was AI-generated. AI detectors are trash. If you hire a writer and you\u2019re passing content through a detector as proof that it\u2019s engaging or authoritative, then you should not be working with writers. Writers, I\u2019m begging you to stop using AI to create entire content. Please use it as a guide to help you flesh out ideas, complete a thought process, or even clean up your writing, but that first draft should be 100% your\u00a0work.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"quote-info clearfix\">\n<div class=\"quote-photo\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Chima Mmeje\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/chima-mmeje.png\"\/><\/noscript><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Chima Mmeje\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/chima-mmeje.png\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>If you\u2019re reading this and you have the power to dictate strategy, do away with the soul-destroying process of humanizing AI content.<\/p>\n<p>Trust your humans to write content for humans.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/humanize-ai-content\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Searches for \u201cHow to humanize AI content\u201d have grown 943% over the last 12 months.\u00a0 More people are trying to \u201cpass the human check\u201d, either to make AI content suck a little less or to blag AI content detection tools. 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