People now write worse on purpose to dodge AI detection: welcome to 'humanese'
chrisalbon · x · 2026-11-16
A viral observation: people are deliberately writing worse so their text doesn't read like ChatGPT — in about two years we've collectively 'un-learned' English, spawning a style dubbed 'humanese'. Chris Albon amplified it with a single word, capturing the irony that AI-style writing is pushing humans to write more awkwardly on purpose.
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