I want to write about the one thing that has definitely changed this year. It’s this. Compared to previous years, all essays are now more technically correct. Where in the past, they may have been a bit disjointed, now the flow is there. Where they may have been choppy, they are now buttoned up. More polished, you may say.
But a clear dividing line has appeared. And no, it’s not about the em dashes.
Some essays now read awfully “samesies”: tidy lists of three, symmetrical phrasing, and chronological oversimplicity are beyond ubiquitous.
But it’s not just a question of style. They lack the idiosyncrasies and emotional nuance that can make an essay sing with individuality and purpose. So I put together an article that shows you the difference between using AI to produce slop and using it to improve your materials.
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Avoid the ChatGPT Slop: How to use AI to enhance your essays, not bomb them