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AI writes like a robot by default and like you only when you force it to. Four moves to keep your real voice when writing with AI.
Written By
Tanaka Romin
You can usually tell when something was written by AI. The tells are everywhere: "in today's fast-paced world," "delve into," lists of three that say nothing, confidence with no edges. And once a reader spots it, they stop trusting you.
For a professional whose whole value is judgment, sounding like a bot undermines the one thing that sets you apart. So how do you use the tool without inheriting the tells?
The secret: AI writes like a robot by default. It writes like you only when you guide it to.
Left alone, AI reaches for the average of everything ever written, which is exactly what "generic" means. Your job is to drag it off the average and onto you.
How to keep your voice
→ Give it a voice sample, every time. Paste something you've written. Tell it to match the rhythm, the sentence length, the way you actually sound.
→ Ban the tells out loud. Tell it: no "delve," no "in a world of," no "leverage," no hollow three-item lists. Name the robot words and forbid them.
→ Write the first line yourself. Set the tone with your own opening, then let it continue in that lane. It mirrors whatever you start.
→ Read it out loud. If you wouldn't say it to a client across a desk, cut it. Your ear catches the robot faster than your eye.
The goal was never to have AI write for you. It's to have AI help you write more of what only you would say.
The robot voice isn't AI's fault. It's what happens when you don't make it sound like you.
The Practice Intelligence Kit helps you pin down what your voice and value actually are: the raw material AI can't invent.
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