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Humanizing AI Responses

The idea

To humanize AI responses, start by providing the AI with small samples of your writing style. Anything too extensive will make the AI mimic your exact phrasing, which can come off as artificial. Keep your writing casual and informal—think of an email you might send in a hurry between meetings. Use a tone that reflects a quick, off-the-cuff message. Additionally, minimize the use of formal business jargon like "leverage" and "synergy." Instead, opt for simpler, more conversational language. By doing these simple steps, you can significantly improve the naturalness of AI-generated content, making it more relatable and authentic to your audience.

Why it works

• By using small snippets of your writing style, you ensure the AI adapts to your unique voice, making the response feel more personal and authentic.
• Removing m-dashes and reducing formal language, like avoiding words such as "leverage" or "synergy," mimics the casual tone of human communication, making the AI response sound more natural.
• The argument is that by making the AI output seem like a quick, off-the-cuff message, it appears more genuine and relatable to the reader.

The playbook

1. Trust the founder's advice: Follow the three-year-old wisdom shared by the founder to make AI responses sound more human. Start by trusting that the method will work.

1. Use small snippets of your writing style: Instead of crafting perfect, polished AI responses, give it short, informal snippets of your own writing. This helps the AI capture your unique voice without overthinking.

1. Emulate casual communication: Aim for an email that feels like it was quickly typed between meetings. The AI should mimic a busy professional who has just a few moments to draft a message.

1. Incorporate humility: Make the AI responses sound humble, as demonstrated in the founder’s examples. This adds authenticity and relatability to the AI output.

1. Remove m-dashes and formal terms: Avoid using formal business jargon like "leverage" or "synergy." Instead, opt for simpler language. Similarly, remove m-dashes to make the argument flow more naturally.

Where people get it wrong

• Overly polished language: Thinking that perfect grammar and syntax are a must. Instead, focus on making the response sound natural and conversational, as if it were quickly written between meetings.

• Too many formal terms: Using industry jargon like "leverage," "synergy," and "robust solutions" can make the AI response sound artificial. Opt for simpler, more relatable language.

• Ignoring the need for imperfections: People often aim for flawlessness in AI responses, but this can backfire. The response should have a hint of imperfection, as if it were a quick email drafted on the fly.

Do this next

• Knock out m-dashes from your text to make it feel more natural.
• Use snippets of your writing style in the AI's training, but keep it short to avoid patterns.
• Write emails as if you had just a minute to dash them off between meetings.
• Avoid overly formal language; use simpler words and phrases like "leverage" and "synergy" sparingly.