How to Make AI Writing Look More Human-like
The rise in AI-generated writing tools have left many wondering how to make the results appear like a human actually wrote them. Using a few tools & writing tweaks, you'll be on your way to humanizing your AI writing in just a few minutes.

Justin Gluska
Updated October 9, 2024

A robot trying to look more like a human, generated with Midjourney
Reading Time: 6 minutes
AI writing tools, such as ChatGPT and Claude, have been a real turning point in the academic and professional domains in recent months. After all, these tools have the ability to answer questions and generate content such as essays, tables, and even coding — allowing for people to exploit it for their personal gain.
This sudden shift in content generation raises an honest question – how can we ensure the 'humanness' of AI writing? Even in 2024, that question continues to boggle the minds of many people, including students who are unfairly accused of using AI tools when they actually didn’t.
To be clear: There isn't an infallible way to confirm whether a piece of writing was produced by AI. If anyone claims to be able to precisely identify AI-written content all the time, they're not telling the truth. AI detection relies on predictions, and you can never be 100% certain. No matter how good GPT-4 (and models based on it like 4o) have taken a giant leap in mimicking human-like writing.
However, despite the ambiguity, there are ways to make your writing appear more human and bypass AI detectors. Here are some tips:
Minimize Word Repetition
Reducing the repetition of words in an article can help it bypass AI detection, as AI-generated content tends to repeat words and phrases. Let me give you an example.
Here is an essay created using a simple prompt in Claude:

Throughout the essay, we can see multiple instances of repetition, but in different ways like:
- Frequent restatement of the main topic ("environmental conservation")
- Redundant phrases and ideas — Multiple sentences express the same idea with slightly different wording. For example, "crucial," "essential," "vital," and "important" are used interchangeably without adding new information.
- Circular reasoning where statements are repeated with slightly different wording — "protecting wildlife habitats" and "ensuring animals have safe places to live" express the same concept.
- Overuse of certain transition phrases and structures — It relies heavily on phrases like "another significant aspect" and "furthermore.”
- Generic, non-specific examples and supporting points — Mentions concepts like wildlife, climate change, and human health without offering specific instances, statistics, or detailed explanations.
Attribute Your Sources and Verify Facts
Since AI pulls content from the internet without discretion and can sometimes invent facts, citing your sources will definitely help humanize your writing. This will only work if you actually wrote the essay or article.
If you have a list but you’re pressed for time, you can let ChatGPT or Claude generate APA citations for your work. This would save you a lot of time, and is proof that AI and humans can coexist and work together — instead of one having to replace the other.

Personalize Your Writing
Incorporating personal anecdotes, analogies, or idioms can make your writing seem more human and increase its relatability. Don't sound like a robot – that's exactly what you're trying to avoid.
The question is, how?
That starts with understanding how LLMs work with patterns. Despite what big companies would have you think, AI can’t really think on its own right now. At best, they’re an amped up version of auto-suggest, meaning that they only output what’s the next likely word based on their dataset. This is also the reason why most essays, without prompt engineering, end up sounding the same.
Adding some unpredictability to your writing makes it less likely to be flagged as AI. Like I said, use anecdotes or anything that can’t be generated by a machine. Play with sentence lengths. Write with your own voice.
Having someone else review your article can also help to spot issues that you might miss, further helping to humanize your content. Different people almost always see things from another angle than you would.
Manually Rewrite the Entire Content
As a last resort, you could rewrite your entire essay or report by hand, particularly if you're keen to avoid AI detection. Keep the initial results and write it in your own words as if you were taking notes from your AI result.
If you need more help, here’s a good guide to get you started.
Undetectable AI Can Make AI Content Read More Human
What if you’re on a really, really tight deadline? Use AI humanizers.
Most of these look like your average AI paraphrasing tools, but with a little twist. Instead of focusing on readability, they scramble your text so it can bypass AI detection. 2023 and 2024 has brought us a lot of these tools (Netus, WriteHuman, Phrasly) but there’s one that I trust most:
Undetectable AI.

We’ve reviewed this tool in-depth, tested its many features, and pitted it against other AI humanizers and even detection tools. The bottom line? It works.


Not only that, but from what I can tell, they’re the only AI bypassing tool in the market that discourages their user base from using their platform to cheat.

They also have output customization features to make sure that their output matches the original intent and readability of your input.
So, you might be thinking: what’s the catch?
Well, AI humanizers usually use intentional grammar and punctuation mistakes to prevent AI detection. This is unavoidable since there’s really no way (yet) to positive detection since AI and human writing have become too similar. But don’t worry — here’s a quick guide on how to fix Undetectable AI’s grammar without sacrificing too much AI likelihood score.
What’s Next?
It's quite regrettable that we actually find ourselves discussing ways to bypass AI detection tools even when we’re not actually using AI. In the foreseeable future, this issue may become obsolete as good writing should stand on its own merit, irrespective of the source. Otherwise, this can only go away if someone creates an AI detection tool that’s 100% accurate.
Instead of policing content generation, it would be more beneficial to promote ethical decision-making. If you need to create original content, do it. If AI writing tools can enhance your productivity and efficiency, by all means, use them.
Recent concerns have been raised about AI detection tools that have been integrated within schools. An example is TurnItIn, with parents raising questions about their accuracy and the lack of transparency about their functioning.
As AI continues to evolve, it's crucial to foster a collaborative environment where human creativity and AI-powered assistance can work together to produce remarkable content while adhering to ethical guidelines.
Human expertise is irreplaceable, but it can definitely be optimized with AI. This is the way forward in our AI journey. Let's use it responsibly and creatively.
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