One tell of AI writing: over-assigning agency to inanimate objects
emollick · x · 2026-09-17
Ethan Mollick points out an interesting tell of AI-generated writing: the tendency to over-assign agency and action to inanimate objects — phrases like "the code knows it now" or "the plan remembers."
This anthropomorphizing habit can serve as one signal for spotting AI-written text.
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