Have you ever read an article or social post and thought, “This is terrible! I bet it was written by AI!”?

Most people know bad AI writing when they see it. But unless you’re a closeted copyeditor, it’s surprisingly hard to put your finger on exactly why AI writing sucks.

Now, Wikipedia’s editor team has just released what amounts to a master class in the clichés, strange tropes, obsequious tones of voice, and other assorted oddities of AI-generated prose.

It’s a list called Signs of AI Writing, and it’s a fantastic resource for people who want to get better at spotting AI writing–or who want to disguise their own.

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As one of the internet’s most trusted sources of information, Wikipedia is uniquely exposed to the risks of LLM-generated content.

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